InternetCanonical's Power Play

Ubuntu, coming soon to an enterprise near you -- if Canonical has its way. And Ubuntu's not the only distro with an eye on large organizations.

Of all the announcements to come out of last week's LinuxWorld expo in San Francisco, the two most interesting takeaways are Ubuntu's imminent assault on the enterprise space and the fact that the rise of community Linux distros in large organizations is at hand. A well-timed series of announcements from Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu), IBM and various other software makers ensured that Ubuntu grabbed plenty of the limelight at the show while making Canonical's plans for its Linux distro clear. Microsoft's discomfort over Vista and the cool reception it has received from businesses certainly provides an opportunity for Ubuntu to capitalize on. This has not been lost on IBM, a company that would like nothing better than to give Microsoft a good kicking and stick the knife into its Windows and Office cash cows. To that end, IBM has formed a gang with Canonical, Novell and Red Hat as sidekicks, issuing a joint statement outlining a crafty plan to "free" the enterprise desktop from the clutches of Microsoft. Actually, the plan is quite simple: It involves teaming up with hardware vendors and getting them to supply enterprises with PCs pre-loaded with one or other of the gang members' Linux distros, IBM's Lotus Notes, Symphony and SameTime, as well as various other software applications and installation services. RELATED ARTICLES Would-Be Linux Contributors May Get a Leg Up SAP, Oracle Holding Out on Ubuntu? Ubuntu Launchpad Opens Up Development Ubuntu Founder:... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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