AIX Rising?

From Sci-Tech Today recently:
IBM Creates Unix Collaboration Center:

“IBM (NYSE: IBM) today opened a research center designed to drive innovation for the company’s Unix-based AIX technology and to help develop and test new applications and middleware for the AIX OS.

“The Austin, Texas-based AIX Collaboration Center (ACC) represents a $200 million investment by Big Blue, which hopes to build on the momentum of its pSeries Unix machines. The idea is to foster collaboration among customers, developers, software vendors, and academics.

““Focus areas include systems-level innovations for key technology areas like virtualization, performance, and scalability,’ said Karl Freund, vice president of IBM's pSeries server division.…”