CRN: Linux’s plus

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 3, 1999

A letter to the editor advocates Linux:

“The vendor gets the usual price and margin, but we don’t have
to spend as much money. Drop your price and keep your profit? Any
salesman would like to be in this position. There is a lot of
incentive for VARs and integrators to adopt early. The lower TCO
will be their new-found edge. Pretty good reason to go for
Linux.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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