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IBM Sticks To No Indemnification Policy

IBM steadfastly reaffirmed its decision not to offer customers indemnification from a potential SCO Group lawsuit.

"SCO hasn't proven its case," said another top IBM executive, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, a general manager at IBM. "That hasn't happened. We believe SCO's suit has zero merit. We're dealing with SCO in a courtroom. We don't think the issue should be tried in the media." Nevertheless, IBM insists it won't leave customers out in the cold should SCO make good on its threats. "The right thing will happen. Let it roll out,. It's definitely not buyer beware."

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PalmOne Shifts Emphasis to Smartphones

PalmOne said that it is shifting its emphasis away from its handhelds and to its smartphone product line. The company also announced it was laying off about 12 percent of its workers.

In its statement, the company called the shift in emphasis and the layoffs the second phase of its integration of Handspring, which it acquired last year. Handspring developed the Treo line of smartphones that now will become a major part of palmOne's focus.

The PDA market will be flat to declining over the next several years as competition from mobile phones draw buyers away," said analyst Alex Slawsby.

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