CNET News: Commentary: Linux's Foot in the Door

"Long thought of as a fledgling operating system, Linux is now ready for prime time. CIOs have many new reasons to be confident that they'll get quality Linux support from their largest application vendors and systems integrators.

"Forrester recently spoke with directors at Sapient, Accenture, IBM and Red Hat who are responsible for Linux services and products. They gave us examples of how Linux continues to build momentum. Most recently, the open source operating system has achieved the following:

• "Received the seal of approval from big companies. Amazon.com, Verizon and E*Trade Group have all publicly disclosed their support for Linux in the past year. Amazon, in particular, has a case study on Red Hat's Web site touting the more than $10 million cost savings in hardware that Amazon attained by moving its shopping site from proprietary Unix servers to cheaper Pentium-based systems that run Linux..."

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