Seven Reasons Why Linux Will Succeed in 2009

Jan 05, 2009, 14:03 (0 Talkback[s])

[ Thanks to Ken Hess for this link. ]

"5. Licensing - You won't burn a bunch of money on licensing your operating system or paying out all your hard-earned profits on client access licenses. Play it smart in '09 and save those license fees for something worthwhile like much-deserved employee bonuses, training, or even employee retention.

"6. Performance - Quick question. Which operating system performs better on commodity hardware than any other available system today? You guessed correctly if you said Linux. Stellar performance is why Cloud Computing companies like Amazon.com use it for their platform of choice. Need great performance for your Oracle database? Ask Oracle about their Linux solutions."

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