Mary Jo Foley, editor of ZDNet News, reports on IBM's continuing aggressive stance with respect to supporting Linux in a broad range of initiatives. Foley writes …

“On Monday, a variety of IBM divisions made a slew of Linux announcements. Among them: the company made public some details of its long-anticipated plan to bring Linux to its AS/400 server, the last of the IBM hardware platforms to obtain full-fledged Linux support. IBM also announced strategies for preloading Linux on Thinkpad systems; delivering a Linux small business bundle to business partners and Linux distributors; and rolling out a new e-business-oriented Linux certification program.”

“Over the past year, IBM's push to support Linux has grown exponentially. But IBM's latest batch of announcements come at an interesting time — right on the heels of some less-than-good news for a number of Linux distribution, application, and service companies.”

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