A customer named Your Company plans to migrate several business critical applications to Linux and considers purchasing an IBM eServer BladeCenter solution. The customer is concerned about being…

A customer named Your Company plans to migrate several business critical applications to Linux and considers purchasing an IBM eServer BladeCenter solution. The customer is concerned about being locked into an all-IBM solution, hindering the ability to take advantage of future technologies. Which of the following topics should the xSeries Specialist discuss with the customer?