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SearchOpenSource: Does LAMP Make Economic Sense?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 4, 2007

[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
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“Many companies have data scattered across several databases
that are often maintained by proprietary software. For example, we
might have a computer inventory in a specialized application that
keeps track of assets, an office phone list in a Word document,
employee locations in an Excel spreadsheet, etc.

“LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) is a combination of free
software that offers a convenient way to centralize and administer
data. In this tip, we’ll discuss the benefits and drawbacks of
LAMP…”


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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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