IBM's internal Linux deployment moves slowly

Big Blue is migrating some its internal applications to Linux but is taking its time, according to an IBM executive speaking at the Linux User and Developer show in London. IBM isn't rushing all of its staff onto open-source software but is embracing Linux in places where it provides genuine business benefits, the company said this week. Surjit Chana, IBM's vice president of marketing strategy and planning, insisted on Wednesday that the deployment of Linux on the desktop "isn't a religious thing".

At the start of this year, an internal IBM memo showing that senior IBM staff were seriously evaluating the adoption of Linux on its internal desktops by the end of 2005 was leaked. IBM then insisted that its actual plans were not so bold, and according to Chana this position hasn't changed.

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