Difference between revisions of "International Business Machines"
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| − | '''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 | + | '''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 the Chinese company [[Lenovo]] in 2005 in return giving IBM an 18.9% ownership stake in Lenovo Group which makes IBM the second largest shareholder following the Chinese government<ref>[http://www.idc.com/about/iw_lenovo_acquires_ibm_pc.jsp Lenovo Acquires IBM's Personal Computing Division]</ref>. This move gave IBM a crucial foothold in the very large Chinese IT market. IBM currently sells computer hardware and software while continuing to offer infrastructure and consulting services for other businesses. |
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| + | IBM is also a strong advocate<ref>[http://www-03.ibm.com/linux/ IBM and Linux]</ref> for the [[GNU]]/[[Linux]] operating system. This advocacy followed on the heels of IBM's failure to gain wide acceptance for its' [[OS/2]] personal desktop operating system. In 2005 IBM stated that [[OS/2]] users should consider migration to Linux<ref>[http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/warp/migration.html OS/2 Warp Upgrades and migrations]</ref>. Some [[OS/2]] users and marketers created a rebranded [[OS/2]] called [[eComStation]] with the permission of IBM. The [[eComStation]] operating system runs previous [[OS/2]] applications as well as new applications ported from [[Open Source]] projects. Further development of [[eComStation]] continues by third parties to keep [[eComStation]] running on newer hardware. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[http://www.ibm.com/ IBM]<br /> | [http://www.ibm.com/ IBM]<br /> | ||
| − | [http://www.lenovo.com/ Lenovo] | + | [http://www.lenovo.com/ Lenovo]<br /> |
| + | [http://www.ecomstation.com/ eComStation] | ||
[[category:industry]] | [[category:industry]] | ||
[[category:computers]] | [[category:computers]] | ||
Revision as of 21:22, December 20, 2007
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 the Chinese company Lenovo in 2005 in return giving IBM an 18.9% ownership stake in Lenovo Group which makes IBM the second largest shareholder following the Chinese government[1]. This move gave IBM a crucial foothold in the very large Chinese IT market. IBM currently sells computer hardware and software while continuing to offer infrastructure and consulting services for other businesses.
IBM is also a strong advocate[2] for the GNU/Linux operating system. This advocacy followed on the heels of IBM's failure to gain wide acceptance for its' OS/2 personal desktop operating system. In 2005 IBM stated that OS/2 users should consider migration to Linux[3]. Some OS/2 users and marketers created a rebranded OS/2 called eComStation with the permission of IBM. The eComStation operating system runs previous OS/2 applications as well as new applications ported from Open Source projects. Further development of eComStation continues by third parties to keep eComStation running on newer hardware.