Linux evangelists: Every time you build a client-server app, the Internet dies a little bit

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 20, 2013

Everyone’s bullish about the future of open-source software in the business world at this year’s LinuxCon in New Orleans, as IBM announces a billion-dollar new investment and Linux business use continues to spread.

Big Blue is set to pour its money into a range of different efforts to promote the use of Linux, including the creation of a Power Linux Systems Center in France and the expansion of an online development environment for programmers working with its Power server line.

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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