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...IBM recognized the value open-source software (OSS) and that we were confident we could build products and business models to leverage the advantages of open-source technology.
IBM stunned the marketplace again in 2000 when then Chairman Lou Gerstner announced a $1 billion investment in Linux. This made us the leading commercial backer of the open-source software movement and gave the movement much needed...
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