TechWeb/Yahoo!: Vendor Support Key To Big-Business Adoption Of Open Source | Linux Today

TechWeb/Yahoo!: Vendor Support Key To Big-Business Adoption Of Open Source

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 27, 2005

“Open-source software and operating systems are increasingly
touted as a way for companies to take greater control of their IT
environments, in the process controlling the cost and content of
their operations. Yet it’s clear that open source represents
different things to different companies, depending on the company’s
size and the investments it has already made in information
technology.

“At a LinuxWorld event in New York on Wednesday, three companies
laid out the different reasons and ways they’ve pursued open-source
strategies…”


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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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