Study : IT turning to Linux in economic downturn

Mar 17, 2009, 01:02 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)

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"This is definitely something we've heard before from multiple open source and Linux vendors, but the IDC report puts some numbers to the premise.

"According to IDC, in a poll of 300 IT professionals more than 72 percent reported that, " they are either actively evaluating or have already decided to increase their adoption of Linux on the server in 2009.""

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