IBM grows its geographic ambitions for Linux, signs deal to bundle DB2 Express version of its database software with distributor of Linux open source OS in China. [ZDNETAsia]
Hewlett-Packard (HP) and China-based firm have teamed to develop and market Linux software to firms in China, and later, globally; to form HP-Red Flag Linux laboratory in extant Beijing HP facilities. [ZDNETAsia]