IBM To Team with Linux Vendors on 'Microsoft-Free' PCs

According to Campus Technology, IBM has agreed with partner with Linux, in order to develop an alternative to consumers where they will be able to purchase computers that work on their operating system instead of Microsoft.

These new computers will feature programs such as Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony, and Lotus Sametime. Lotus Symphony is a bundle software similar to that of Microsoft Word and Spreadsheet while Lotus Notes is an alternative to Microsoft Outlook.

The addition comes as a alternative to Microsoft OS, which many individuals have been slow to adopt the new Microsoft Vista OS as well as those who wish to pay a lower licensing fee that accompanies Linux OS. Linux claims that their new desktop computer will be “better equipped to work with lower cost hardware than Microsoft's operating system."

While Linux may provide an alternative to Microsoft and Macintosh, the new addition maybe slow to be put into use at home as well as the office setting due to the fact that many companies require Microsoft to run approximately 80% of their programs.

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