Submission + - IBM have a M$ Free Future with Ubuntu Thinclients. (eweek.com)
IBM joined forces with Virtual Bridges and Canonical Dec. 4 to offer a virtual desktop package comprises three software components that sit on one corporate server. The bundle, billed as "Microsoft free," is then provisioned to hundreds or even thousands of desktops.
Everyone and their dog is reporting this. IBM is basically dancing on Vista's grave by promissing cheaper and more flexible solutions. Existing hardware can be used, Windows is virtualized to run legacy apps but the real works is concentrated for greater reliability and easier upkeep. People at the Wall Street Journal concentrate on costs and claim savings of $500 to $800 per desktop per year. Eweek has lots of technical details. Others seem to follow these leads.
It looks like IBM is ready to capitalize on it's GNU/Linux work in a big way.
