Fault-tolerant Linux can compete with Windows
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| An example of this is that Linux has entered the top three operating
| systems chart by the volume of servers sold for the first time,
| according to recent research by IDC. Demand for Linux-based, high
| availability servers is growing at a rate of 40% year-on-year,
| compared to a growth rate of only 15% for the overall business
| continuity server market.
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http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/03/02/40889/Fault-tolerant+Linux+can+compete+with+Windows.htm
Why Software as a Service needs Open Source
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| So why does open source make sense? Many SaaS apps are built on OSS
| components, and if you are building a SaaS app it's clearly helpful
| when you can tweak code to be able to support multi-tenant
| architectures.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/03/why_software_as.html
Related:
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| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
|
| [...]
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| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
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