
We are able to offer a secure, rich and cost-effective Microsoft alternative." "We think now the time is really " and the needed business applications are available to make it work for corporations. "We are putting our money where our mouth is," Satyadas said. At the same time, an adequate supply of critical business software that would run reliably and efficiently on Linux would be needed.

In the past, IBM has said Linux on the corporate desktop wouldn't happen until the operating system was good enough to allow companies to have all the functions they need to run their businesses. We never said that, but we are saying that now."

"Everybody has been saying that since 2001 except IBM.
