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Friday, June 29, 2001

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IBM sees 30 percent hike in apps available for Linux
By Agam Shah

CALLING IT A "major milestone" for Linux, IBM on Wednesday reported that the number of enterprise-level applications available for the open-source operating system has grown 30 percent since the start of the year.

The growth is indicative of the growing acceptance towards business applications running on Linux, said Scott Handy, director of Linux solutions and marketing at IBM's software group. The number of Linux-based business applications available from independent software vendors stands at 2,288 as listed in IBM's Global Services directory, up from 1,700 at the start of the year, IBM officials said....


 


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