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ZDNet: Are The Final Open Source Skeptics Coming Around?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 24, 2005

“It was a fairly balanced look at Linux, from a corporate
perspective. It cited two main reasons to choose Linux, a ‘drastic
reduction of hardware costs’ and ‘fear of being locked into
proprietary software.’ It did say Linux isn’t free, and called
performance enhancements over Windows and Unix a myth, but it noted
‘many firms do realize significant cost reductions’ when they
switch, and that ‘Linux is the perfect service-oriented
architecture…'”

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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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