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LinuxInsider: Moving to Linux? Try Starting Small

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 13, 2004

“Reading the IT press, it sometimes feels like the whole world
is migrating to Linux. There are plenty of stories about this or
that vendor releasing new Linux packages and this or that company
abandoning Windows or Unix and shifting to Linux.

“But, the reality is that very few IT departments are interested
in making a wholesale shift to a new platform, no matter how cheap
the underlying software might be. Enterprise level migration is
often impractical and is always time-consuming and fraught with
peril…”

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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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