PC Week: Linux for mission-critical apps? Not so crazy | Linux Today

PC Week: Linux for mission-critical apps? Not so crazy

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 7, 1999

Thanks to subhas
for this link.

“There is no great genius, it is said, without a touch of
madness. It remains to be seen if Scott Gibson is a genius. Today,
though, more than a few of his colleagues would probably say the
vice president of hotel IT for Cendant Corp. has lost his
marbles.”

“That’s because Gibson is in the process of deploying one of his
company’s most mission-critical applications on Linux. At a cost of
$75 million, Cendant, the world’s largest hotel franchiser, is
installing the open-source operating system to run reservation
management software at 4,000 locations.”

Complete
Story

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.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.