ReallyLinux: Moving to Linux
Mar 04, 2003, 13:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Mark Rais)
"A radical change is resulting in ever strengthening momentum to
Opensource software use. Most importantly, this beneficial change
is happening in significant numbers not only here in the United
States, but through out the world.
"Why?
"Ultimately, cost savings is one key factor. The other primary
factor is freedom from licensing dominance that occurs in any
non-Opensource environment. Linux is enabling large and small
corporations world wide to end one of their most significant
overhead costs with relative ease. Although a Microsoft sponsored
study suggested that Linux is still too immature to realize true
cost savings, reality doesn't support this. More companies today
are migrating to Linux from other Operating Systems than ever
before in history. No matter what some statistics try to convey,
few are persuaded by the strange notion that Linux costs more.
"All this having been said, this article is a brief summary of
many dialogues and migrations I've personally been part of in order
to help those who may be evaluating Linux for their small
business..."
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