Apple is Professional Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 13, 2011

“I am spending the week in San Antonio, TX at a training course
filled with Linux system administrators with a wide range of
professional experience supporting large and small enterprise
environments. In speaking with many of these admins I am struck by
one common theme:

“”I used Linux to learn about computers growing up but now that
I am a professional I run a Mac.”

“In fact, almost 90% (I counted) of the admins were using a Mac
as their primary work machine to monitor and manage their Linux
servers and were given the option of running a pure Linux machine
if they so desired. Naturally, I was curious about this unexpected
trend and dug deeper to get a better understanding.”

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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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