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[DocLevi]

IBM has spent 10 yrs on Linux and seems to be training people worldwide to to know their Linux in I guess their IBM Cloud... (as I went there looking for news just now on IBM cloud after seeing the commercial 3 times today I guess third time I saw enough to see that it was an IBM Cloud commercial I was only see woman before)... is just what I thought could be done... So I guess its happening now, not could... June 2, 2014 news was

...Linux server demand is rising due to demand from cloud infrastructure deployments, according to IDC, and is expected to continue to grow in the future. In the first quarter of 2014, Linux server revenue accounted for 30 percent of overall server revenue, an increase of 15.4 percent, IDC said.[1] IBM has supported development of Linux on System z for more than a decade, and today there are over 3,000 certified applications for Linux on System z. In addition, IBM is supporting the development of skills to take advantage of these applications through the IBM Academic Initiative.

The IBM Academic Initiative helps to provide schools with the education resources they need to introduce and develop enterprise-computing skills to students to help them gain exposure to job opportunities and careers. The program helps to facilitate student learning in high demand IT skills and links employers to available students and professional talent. For more than seven years, IBM has worked with students, professors, businesses and universities to provide mainframe training and curriculum resources to more than 180,000 students at over 1,000 schools in 70 countries – including eleven universities in China.

Market adoption of Linux on System z has been tremendous with 80 of the top 100 System customers running Linux on the mainframe and more than 50 percent of all new mainframe accounts since 2010 running Linux.[2]
.... http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=62414526

So Microsoft maybe not noticing thinking its just tablet sells taking away from Windows?... Hmmmm....

Don't sell the ALU / Red Hat deal short on taking the smaller accounts... of course, Microsoft main assets is everyone already knows how to use Windows Desktop....