CNET News: Commentary: Linux’s Foot in the Door

“Long thought of as a fledgling operating system, Linux is now
ready for prime time. CIOs have many new reasons to be confident
that they’ll get quality Linux support from their largest
application vendors and systems integrators.

“Forrester recently spoke with directors at Sapient, Accenture,
IBM and Red Hat who are responsible for Linux services and
products. They gave us examples of how Linux continues to build
momentum. Most recently, the open source operating system has
achieved the following:

• “Received the seal of approval from big companies. Amazon.com,
  Verizon and E*Trade Group have all publicly disclosed their support
  for Linux in the past year. Amazon, in particular, has a case study
  on Red Hat’s Web site touting the more than $10 million cost
  savings in hardware that Amazon attained by moving its shopping
  site from proprietary Unix servers to cheaper Pentium-based systems
  that run Linux…”

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