I’m heartened to note that SuSe has added in an application server to their linux distribution – increasing the pressure on IBM to defend its increasingly curious linux strategy. Why bother with WebSphere when you get an app server in Solaris, Red Hat, Windows, and SuSe?(bold added) Great question for IBM customers and ISV’s to ask before they re-up on WebSphere – you’ve never had stronger pricing leverage. …Check the whole post at: Jonathan Schwartz’s Weblog]
I think IBM justified their Linux strategy by claiming that tehy wil generate lot’s of revenue from Services and Software (middleware). This strategy and the linux strategy in general could definitly hurt the Websphere side of the business.
