The Economic Times: Is Windows Losing Out and Linux Gaining? | Linux Today

The Economic Times: Is Windows Losing Out and Linux Gaining?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 5, 2007

“The penguin’s come of age. What began as a battle between
proprietary and open source Linux software, started by geeks around
the world, isn’t plain tech rhetoric anymore.
It’s now a mainstream commercial platform–a
technology that enterprises are taking very seriously and looking
at as a major cost-effective solution that has scalability and a
great future roadmap.

“A free software that can be downloaded from the Web, Linux has
a source code that’s open and therefore available for anyone to
use, modify, and redistribute freely. Proprietary Unix and Windows
operating systems aren’t available for such
tweaking…”


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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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