CNN/Money: Linux: Penguin Takes Flight | Linux Today

CNN/Money: Linux: Penguin Takes Flight

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 24, 2003

[ Thanks to Bill for this link.
]

“Remember Linux? The free-of-charge operating system that was
going to help put an end to the dominance of Microsoft’s
Windows.

“Well, Microsoft is still sitting pretty, earning gobs of cash
from its monopoly of the desktop.

“But more and more companies seem to be embracing the
penguin–which for some strange reason has become the Linux mascot.
According to a study conducted by research firm First Albany, 9.3
percent of 338 businesses surveyed expected to dedicate portions of
their IT budgets to Linux-based systems, up from 5.4 percent in
2002…”

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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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