Mindbridge switches to Linux, saves "bunches of money"
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| Mindbridge didn't start out as an open source company -- far from it. "We had
| a predominantly Microsoft-oriented shop," says David Christian, Mindbridge
| CTO. But the company, which at the time offered an "intranet in a box"
| application, began hosting the software for its clients. "That required us to
| get a good handle on Linux, because Linux was the only inexpensive,
| cost-efficient way of handling that in a scaled environment," Christian
| says. "And I didn't want to add Microsoft to our customers' overhead." The
| more Christian worked with Linux, the more he liked it. And, as they say, the
| rest is history.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/119020
Related:
Encodex Technologies, playing significant role in Linux C/C++ Competencies
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| Encodex, a leading provider of enterprise solutions using
| Microsoft Technologies announced today that it has added
| significant resources to support Redhat, Suse, & Fedora Linux
| design and development efforts at Encodex's Pune, India center.
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http://www.mediasyndicate.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6380&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
University finds freedom, flexibility in open source business intelligence
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| But when all of Microsoft's "natural predators" began to die off,
| and Microsoft no longer made the university's needs a priority,
| Stephen found open source solutions a lot more attractive.
|
| [...]
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| Gradually, Stephen's relationship with Microsoft changed, as the company
| took over more and more of the commercial operating system and business
| application space. "Lotus 1-2-3 went away [SEE BELOW], and WordPerfect
| isn't what it was," she says.
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/23/1729236&tid=101&tid=115
[Antitrust Memo: Microsoft offered money for companies to destroy Lotus 123]
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| "In signing the Corporate Account version of the Exchange form,
| company agrees to: Deliver/Destroy the appropriate number of Lotus
| 123 System Disks; Confirm they are not participating in Corporate
| Development/Golden Disk programs."
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00045.pdf
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