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22Dec/050

Open Source: Taking the advantage of choice.


By Martin Fink, vice president and general manager of the HP Open Source & Linux Organization and HP NonStop Enterprise Division

During the dot-com boom of the 1990s, the cost-saving advantages of the Linux® operating system introduced the enterprise to open source software. Service providers were drawn to Linux because they could deploy low-cost servers running an operating system with UNIX-like capabilities, without dealing with costly licensing fees, then pass those savings on to their customers. It was clearly a win-win situation....

Full text at HP.com

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