| − | '''International Business Machines''' (Commonly known as '''IBM''') is a large American computer technology and consulting company, founded in 1889. Although the Term "IBM" is widely used to indicate that a [[computer]] can use the [[Windows]] Operating System, the manufacturing arm of IBM was sold to a Chinese Company [[Lovono]] in 2005. IBM currently sells computer hardware and software, but now also has instrastructure and consulting services for other businesses. | + | '''International Business Machines''' (Commonly known as '''IBM''') is a large American computer technology and consulting company, founded in 1889. Although the Term "IBM compatible" is widely used to indicate that a [[computer]] can use the [[Microsoft Windows]] Operating System, the personal computer manufacturing arm of IBM was sold to a Chinese company [[Lenovo]] in 2005. IBM currently sells computer hardware and software, but now also has infrastructure and consulting services for other businesses. IBM is also a strong advocate<ref>[http://www-03.ibm.com/linux/ IBM and Linux]</ref> for the [[GNU]]/[[Linux]] operating system. |