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SearchEnterpriseLinux: SAP on Linux Fits for University

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 18, 2004

[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso
for this link. ]

“Enterprises frustrated with their proprietary systems can find
solace that many of their IT brethren at universities have taken
the leap of faith to Linux.

“The College of Business at California State University in
Chico, for example, provides an SAP hosting environment on Linux
for its students and for 13 other universities in the United
States. It also has plans for global expansion into India and
Mexico in the works.

“It runs the SAP applications on SuSE Linux Enterprise Servers
and Oracle databases after years as an HP-UX shop and a brief stay
on Red Hat…”


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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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