siliconvalley.internet.com: Putting a Tie on Linux

“If business is going to get serious about Linux, it will have
to understand where it can and cannot fit into the software
stack.

“Such is the message behind this year’s Enterprise Linux Forum
Conference & Expo 2003 here. The three-day gathering sponsored
by Jupitermedia, parent company of this Web site, sets out to give
IT and business professionals with an understanding of all the
issues and benefits related to the application of Linux and
Linux-based datacenter solutions in the enterprise. Linux advocates
from IBM and Oracle were on hand to highlight their successes with
the operating system.

“According to IDC, Linux is the fastest growing platform;
expected to grow 174 percent to US$5.9 billion by 2006, but the
conference is taking on new meaning this time around considering
how emotionally charged the open source community has become. The
operating system is being debated for its large-scale capabilities
such as Grid computing (define), its cost effectiveness and most
importantly these days… its legal ramifications…

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