Taking aim

Worldwide, and now in Egypt, IBM is promoting Linux software to cut into Microsoft’s market share | Business Today Egypt

In this modern-day version of David versus Goliath, a penguin holds the sling. Linux, with its iconic penguin logo, is seeking to take a knock at Microsoft’s dominance of the operating systems market in Egypt. And in going up against the software giant, Linux is getting some help from a higher power, Big Blue.

IBM Egypt heavily promoted Linux software at its annual forum in Cairo in September, announcing that the software will be playing a central role in a number of IBM’s products and services. The move should come as no surprise considering that IBM Egypt’s mother company is the heaviest investor inan open-source consortium that includes Dell, Hewlett Packard and Oracle.