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. | + | '''International Business Machines''' (Commonly known as '''IBM''') is a large American computer technology and consulting company, founded in 1889. While the term "IBM compatible" has been widely used to indicate that a personal [[computer]] can use the [[Microsoft Windows]] Operating System, as of 2005 IBM no longer directly manufactured personal computers. 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 [[information technology]] 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<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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 21:31, December 20, 2007
International Business Machines (Commonly known as IBM) is a large American computer technology and consulting company, founded in 1889. While the term "IBM compatible" has been widely used to indicate that a personal computer can use the Microsoft Windows Operating System, as of 2005 IBM no longer directly manufactured personal computers. 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 information technology 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.