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Internet World: How Do ISPs Love Linux?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 4, 1999

[ Thanks to Andrew
Bowser
for this link. ]

“Let Us Count the Ways It’s reliable, it’s open, it’s hot on
Wall Street. And unlike NT, it lets engineers sleep at night.”

“The ISP business is as cutthroat and competitive as they come.
Most ISPs live life on the financial edge. So to survive as an ISP
of any size, you have to have the fastest network possible, the
most reliable network possible, and the least expensive network
possible.”

“No wonder small to midsize ISPs are adopting Linux in large
numbers.”


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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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