Open Source IT: When Linux Loses | Linux Today

Open Source IT: When Linux Loses

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 28, 2000

[ Thanks to Dan Orzech
for this link. ]

“Jeff Fenley stared at his computer in amazement early this
year, grateful that he didn’t need to restart it. After all, he’d
gotten into the habit of rebooting the Windows 98 machine two to
three times a day. Then, Fenley installed Windows 2000 on his
desktop and the daily crashes stopped. The change meant a lot fewer
headaches for Fenley. It also meant Linux had been eliminated at
his company.

“Fenley, president and CEO of financial services Web site
www.goinvest.com, of Santa Monica, Calif., moved his company from a
combination Linux- and Windows NT-based platform to one that solely
relies on Windows earlier this year. And Fenley couldn’t be
happier.”

“While Linux is rapidly gaining acceptance in corporate America
and more and more companies are implementing the open source system
by the day, Linux still loses out on many occasions and faces a
number of hurdles in gaining widespread acceptance.”

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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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