Ubuntu Must 'Play To Its Strengths" to Beat Microsoft | Linux Today

Ubuntu Must ‘Play To Its Strengths” to Beat Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 25, 2007

“Ubuntu’s second major strength is the community. It may sound
like a bit of a nebulous commodity, but O’Grady offered an anecdote
to argue his point. Without being qualified to do so, he set up a
LAMP production environment at his office. Since he lacked
expertise, he asked a lot of questions in the Ubuntu forums and got
straight, direct answers very quickly. He’s kept his server going
for 18 months with better uptime than the commercial provider he
used previously.”

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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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