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SearchOpenSource: University Moves Toward Open Source Despite Some Resistance

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 3, 2006

[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
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“Systems administrators fighting tooth and nail for open source
in their own all-Windows shops would be wise to look to John Scott
for a little inspiration.

“For the past few years Scott, a systems administrator at the
University of Southern Florida (USF) in Tampa, has been battling an
institutional mindset to get Windows out and Linux in as part of
his plan to save money on licensing costs, lost time through server
consolidation and maybe even his own sanity…”


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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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