“Like a stone tossed onto the surface of a still river, mention
Linux and Windows in the same breath around a bunch of IT guys, and
the ripples carry on forever.“A Jan. 10 AMI-Partners Inc. report–the ‘Worldwide SMB Linux
Forecast’–stated the open source technology has gained legitimacy
from vendors such as Red Hat, HP, Novell and IBM. It also said
small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) across the planet are expected
to invest increasingly in Linux and open source technologies over
the next five years.“No problem there…