Dell and the SMB open source paradox

Jun 18, 2009, 18:03 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Savio Rodrigues)

[ Thanks to Tom King for this link. ]

"It's interesting to note that Dell is planning to offer small and medium businesses (SMBs) preconfigured hardware and open source software bundles. The bundles seem targeted at the Asia Pacific region.

"This news comes days after a Forrester study found "only 9 percent of enterprises said they were 'very concerned' [about the security of open source] compared with 45 percent for the SMBs.""

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