Online Music School Saves Cash with Linux

“WorkshopLive.com is a virtual music school that features dozens
of professional instructors teaching lessons online for all levels
of expertise, in guitar, bass, keyboard, and drums. When
WorkshopLive was in the early stages of development, the company
had limited funds to devote to hardware, software, and human
resources, so CTO Marilyn Hoefner decided to give open source
software a try. ‘We’ve been extremely happy,’ Hoefner says.

“Hoefner’s mandate was to create a site rich in multimedia,
including video teaching and animated fretboards to demonstrate
chord fingering…”

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