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NewsBytes: Linux Unwanted On Australian Corporate Desktops

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 7, 2000

“More than half of Australia’s corporate IT departments are now
making some use of the Linux operating system, but mainly in
servers – and few have any plans for Linux on the desktop,
according to a survey by trade journal Corporate IT.”

“It found that 43 percent of 417 Australian companies sampled
are using Linux regularly, and an additional 24 percent had systems
under evaluation.”

“However most use is confined to corporate servers. Only 13
percent of companies saw Linux playing any significant role on the
desktop.”


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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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