CRN: What price DOJ? Service pays off; two sides of Linux | Linux Today

CRN: What price DOJ? Service pays off; two sides of Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 13, 1999

“Two years ago, I encountered my first production Linux server.
My employer never planned to have a Linux box-it just happened. One
of the engineers needed a Unix workstation to run simulations. As
the company grew from six people to 25, his workstation became the
server.”

” Linux has lots of problems. But Linux has fewer problems than
some of the competition, and it runs like a tank. The low price
sure doesn’t hurt, but it’s the reliability of Linux that causes it
to spread like crazy once it gets in the door.”

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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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