Why Business Doesn't "get" Desktop Linux
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| Most businesses equate value with cost. Something is valuable to them if it
| costs them money. Linux of course, is free. So how can it be valuable to
| them? If it doesn’t cost them money...then it must be lower quality right?
| The open source model of software does not fit turnkey into the standard
| business model and defies the way analysts measure things.
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| How to solve this dilemma? Your guess is as good as mine. No one can force
| businesses to change their mind when it comes to value...it comes with time.
| There are some heads being turned by various open source programs such as
| OpenOffice and Firefox...but the tide is slow to roll.
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http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/237-Why-Business-Doesnt-get-Desktop-Linux.html
Also new:
Leveraging Free
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| "Free" has been a founding concept in the Linux world since before there was
| Linux — or GNU/Linux, if you prefer. In his history of the GNU project,
| Richard M. Stallman begins, "When I started working at the MIT Artificial
| Intelligence Lab in 1971, I became part of a software-sharing community that
| had existed for many years. Sharing of software was not limited to our
| particular community; it is as old as computers, just as sharing of recipes
| is as old as cooking."
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| And the rest of the world is finally, irrevocably, catching up.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/leveraging-free
More on this here: Revolution OS [Full]
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=7707585592627775409&hl=en
Related:
Are Open-Source Databases Ready for Production Applications?
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| Yes, more and more, depending on the application.
|
| Oracle became the leading database in the 1990s because it ran better on
| high-end SMP Unix servers. But in those days most applications were still
| just dumb terminals talking to the big Unix box. So the database software had
| to be very sophisticated to perform well.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171185,00.asp
The Worth of Open Source? Open Question
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| MySQL, a fast-growing maker of database software used by some of the
| Internet's most recognized brands, is preparing to file for an initial public
| offering, perhaps as soon as late 2007. The offering could value the company
| at between $600 million and $1 billion, according to sources, and inject some
| pep into a tech IPO market that's seen only a handful of successful offerings
| in the past year. Credit Suisse (CS) is a top contender to lead the
| underwriting of the transaction, BusinessWeek has learned.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070625_775467.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories
http://tinyurl.com/3d9om3
IBM, MySQL team up on database software
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| Executives at IBM, the world's No. 2 software maker, and MySQL told
| Reuters they will announce a technology and marketing partnership
| on Wednesday at a MySQL users' conference in Santa Clara, California.
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/04/25/ibm_mysql_team_up_on_database_software/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News
http://tinyurl.com/2mwwkx
Next Gen, Mission-Critical Apps To Be Deployed on Linux Says Report
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| By now it should be obvious to even the most casual industry observers
| that Linux operating systems - and open source-based software in general -
| have reached critical marketplace mass. Recent Linux deals and
| announcements by Oracle and Microsoft have only reinforced the "open
| source is enterprise-grade" message that IBM, Unisys and other "Master
| Brand" hardware, software and services vendors have been preaching for
| years. In short, open source, especially Linux, is becoming "legitimized"
| by the major vendors for enterprise environments, and user executives
| are more than happy to believe them.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/RoundUp/Next_Gen_MissionCritical_Apps_To_Be_Deployed_on_Linux_Says_Report
CIO study finds Linux ready for prime-time
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| The company predicts a steep rise: only 18 percent of businesses
| will be using Linux in business-critical roles by the end of 2007.
|
| "Linux operating systems - and open source-based software in general
| - have reached critical marketplace mass," said the study's authors,
| Bruce Guptill and Bill McNee of Saugatuck Research.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=7681
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