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IBM and Canonical Inc. today announced a virtualized software bundle with Lotus desktop applications running on top of Ubuntu Linux that they say is far cheaper than running Microsoft Corp.’s Office ...

IBM and Canonical tout a virtualized software bundle that they say is far cheaper than running Microsoft Office on Windows PCs IBM and Canonical Thursday announced a virtualized software bundle ...