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Internet Week: What’s Next For Linux?

“IT Pros Are Sold On Linux, But The OS Must Run More Business
Apps Before It Wins Over The Enterprise”

“It just makes sense. Few network managers want their people
spending the workday rebooting Windows NT servers. And only the
largest corporate IT budgets today can afford in excess of $10,000
for proprietary Unix servers. With Linux, IT managers found a way
to achieve the performance and reliability of Unix while enjoying
the economy of Intel-based servers. So now that it has captured the
hearts and minds of networking geeks, what’s next for Linux? Can
Linus Torvald’s brainchild also capture the pocketbooks of
mainstream corporate IT?”

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