text: IBM #39;s Solid Stake on the Desktop Its Workplace package is catching on with clients, and more software makers are signing on. Still, it #39;s no Windows smasher. IBM launched a bold foray into desktop computing last spring, when it took on Microsoft #39;s 
inputs: IBM #39;s Solid Stake on the Desktop Its Workplace package is catching on with clients, and more software makers are signing on. Still, it #39;s no Windows smasher. IBM launched a bold foray into desktop computing last spring, when it took on Microsoft #39;s 