“Mike Prince has an excellent batting average when choosing
emerging technologies. As CIO at Burlington Coat Factory, a $2
billion retail outlet, Prince has jumped onto new platforms as
expertly as Sammy Sosa whacks fastballs. And he’s not afraid to go
public with his risky adoption of leading-edge technology.
Back in the 1980s Sun Microsystems liked to put Prince on the
dais to tout the virtues of Unix when everyone else thought it was
just an operating system for techies. He later embraced Java as the
foundation for new applications and was an early advocate of its
potential.
Now he has discovered Linux and is broadcasting its virtues…
He thinks he’s hit another home run with the popular open-source
operating system.”
“CIOs who don’t plan on how to manage the Linux intrusion
may find themselves playing catch-up, as many are now doing with
the Web.”