Silicon.com: Linux is ready for business | Linux Today

Silicon.com: Linux is ready for business

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 18, 1999

“The Linux operating system is ready for corporate use according
to an overwhelming majority of Silicon viewers”

“The survey which marks the start of Silicon’s week long Linux
Special found that 71 per cent of viewers believe Linux is ready
for business while only 25 per cent disagreed”

“However respondents made a clear distinction between server and
client side Linux, More than half of those who backed Linux said
the lack of support and applications mean that the open source
operating system is not ready for the desktop…”


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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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