{"id":74,"date":"2009-09-13T08:45:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T06:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariusb.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/ibm-move-away-from-microsoft\/"},"modified":"2009-09-13T08:45:54","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T06:45:54","slug":"ibm-move-away-from-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariusb.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/ibm-move-away-from-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM move away from Microsoft."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-magazine.com\/Online\/News\/IBM-Throws-Out-Microsoft-Office\">Linux Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>360.000 IBM workers have been told to stop using Microsoft Office and switch to the Open Office-based software Symphony.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As an IBMer, I am not so sure about the &#8220;told to stop&#8221;, well not in South Africa at least.&nbsp; At the moment we are encouraged not to use Microsoft products as far as possible.&nbsp; And it does not only apply to Office.&nbsp; The coming week we have what is called &#8220;Open Client Awareness Week&#8221; where we will run demo&#8217;s, presentations and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linux_User_Group#Installfests\">installfests<\/a> to show people what Linux can do within IBM. <\/p>\n<p>My primary workstation, Lenovo Thinkpad T60 are running Ubuntu 9.04 with all the IBM software like Notes, Sametime, Symphony ect that I need to do my daily job.&nbsp; I also run Sun&#8217;s Virtualbox with a Windows XP setup for when I need to something in Windows which is rarely.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/ibm\" rel=\"tag\">ibm<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/notes\" rel=\"tag\">notes<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/ubuntu\" rel=\"tag\">ubuntu<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/windows\" rel=\"tag\">windows<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/installfest\" rel=\"tag\">installfest<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/ocaw\" rel=\"tag\">ocaw<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/virtualbox\" rel=\"tag\">virtualbox<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Linux Magazine 360.000 IBM workers have been told to stop using Microsoft Office and switch to the Open Office-based software Symphony. 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