Really Linux: The State of Linux: Substantial Growth in New Zealand

[ Thanks to Mark Rais for this link. ]

"Much of the continued explosive growth of Linux adoption in New Zealand and Australia remains unseen, unannounced and often behind the scenes. Certainly, there are numerous overt Open Source initiatives and nearly every day we read about another major migration to Linux in this region of the world. However, when I began my cursory investigations into Linux adoption and use here, I knew there was more than the surface revealed.

"Many of the leading I.T. organizations in both Australia and New Zealand are utilizing Linux. What I did not realize at the time, but now understand far better, is that this growth is more often unspoken and driven one organization at a time, one installation at a time..."

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