The Denver Post/LinuxInsider: IT Budget Crunch Opening Doors for Small Open Source Vendors

“When Wild Oats was looking to automate some of its internal
operations more than a year ago, it didn’t turn to a blue-chip
provider such as Microsoft, but to Linux, an open source computer
operating system found free on the Web.

“‘A really sophisticated package was not required, so on open
source, a lot of packages fit that spot,’ said Jon Payne, vice
president of information technology for Wild Oats, a Boulder,
Colo.-based organic food retailer…”

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