SRO: Can You Survive The Linux Frenzy? | Linux Today

SRO: Can You Survive The Linux Frenzy?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 5, 1999

Thanks to Judge for this
link.

“HP is the latest company to promise 24 x 7 support. How does
this affect Linux vendors and VARs?”

“Everyone from industry analysts to Linux vendors always has
stressed that the real money in open-source software lies in
service and support. And now, with Linux making serious inroads
into the corporate marketplace, the market-share struggle between
the various distributions is ceding center stage to the behemoth
services organizations vying to support these meaty
contracts…”

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.

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