the future according to IBM

This interview is an interesting look at a multi-national's vision of the future internet and the role of open-source software. "IBM is spending millions of dollars and taking some of most important software code and adding it to Linux. That means that Linux is getting better and better, faster and faster, than any other operating system out there," claims Mike Nelson of IBM. Read about high bandwith, fast internet access and smarter computers that will be able to handle PETAbytes of information - and hope it will be deployed in Africa as readily and easily as in developed coutries.