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ZDNet UK: ITV: Avidly Watching Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 13, 2005

“Dabbling with Linux at the periphery of the network typifies
the majority of large company’s investment in the open source
operating system. However a few brave firms looking to take back
some of the control ceded to proprietary Unix vendors have decided
to make more significant moves around Linux–migrating critical
applications onto the relatively untried platform.

“The UK’s largest commercial TV company, ITV, is one of those
risk-takers…”

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Related Story:
VNUnet: ITV
Switches On to Linux
(Jul 27, 2004)

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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