NewsForge: Growing Linux in the Greenhouse

Aug 31, 2004, 22:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Colin Beckingham)

"My good friend and colleague Brian runs a small, family-oriented, seasonal greenhouse business. This year, Linux is in season, since it solved a nasty stability problem that was plaguing his Windows server.

"For some years Brian and I have been working on a production and shipping application in Microsoft Access 97 that has helped the business become more productive and profitable. His back-end file server supports up to 9 workstations, all running variants of Windows from 95 through 98SE and ME to 2000 Pro..."

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