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IBM's chief information officer has directed the company to begin an internal project to evaluate Linux for use on desktop computers.
IBM's other Linux shoe could drop Monday in the U.S., as Big Blue is expected to endorse the idea of Linux on desktop computers at a conference.
Slicker development techniques like AJAX, a way of building interactive browser-based applications, are fuelling a surge in consumer Web applications.
Sun has offered IBM the benefit of its "experience" if Big Blue decides it wants to implement a wholesale move to the Linux desktop.
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Two Singapore programmers claim to have created an operating system that can run programs written for different platforms such as Windows and Linux.
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