Computer Business Review: Linux in Crisis? | Linux Today

Computer Business Review: Linux in Crisis?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 28, 2006

“If anyone had any remaining doubts about whether Linux had
established itself as an enterprise operating system, these should
have been wiped away by the endorsement of the open source
operating system by Oracle in late October and by Microsoft in
early November.

“While Oracle’s undercutting of Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux
business and Microsoft’s entente cordial with Novell were both
significant endorsements of the Linux operating system and the open
source development model, the two events also raise a number of
significant questions about the future of the Linux market…”


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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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