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CXOtoday: Linux Finishes Second Among Oracle Developers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 14, 2004

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Oracle India announced that Linux has emerged the second most
popular OS platform among its developers in India, and that seven
of its new customers have recently chosen to run its technology and
applications software on the OS.

“The customers include Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation, South Asian Petrochem Ltd, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IDBI
Bank, Central Bank of India, Department of Treasury Government of
West Bengal and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

“‘By using Linux we estimate 20-30% savings on our total IT
investments each year. That will amount to close to a total of USD
4 million in savings,’ said Mr. K Raghuraman, General Manager,
Central Bank of India…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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