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Weâve packaged all of the free softwareâwhat now?
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| Today, virtually all of the free software
| available can be found in packaged form in
| distributions like Debian and Ubuntu.
| Users of these distributions have access
| to a library of thousands of applications,
| ranging from trivial to highly
| sophisticated software systems. Developers
| can find a vast array of programming
| languages, tools and libraries for
| constructing new applications.
|
| This is possible because we have a mature
| system for turning free software
| components into standardized modules
| (packages). Some software is more
| difficult to package and maintain, and Iâm
| occasionally surprised to find something
| very useful which isnât packaged yet, but
| in general, the software I want is
| packaged and ready before I realize I need
| it. Even the âlong tailâ of niche software
| is generally packaged very effectively.
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http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2010/07/06/weve-packaged-all-of-the-free-software-what-now/
Ubuntu's "Free" Ride Into the Enterprise
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| That Linux is a significant player in the
| enterprise comes as no surprise:
| Enterprise customers are a lot easier from
| which to generate revenue. It makes
| economic sense: if you have a business
| product to sell, it's far easier to sell
| 1,000 products to one or two big companies
| than to do all the footwork to sell 2,000
| products to 2,000 companies. Or even among
| 100 companies.
|
| For some time, the big commercial Linux
| vendors have been happily wandering
| orchard of low-hanging enterprise fruit,
| almost completely eschewing markets such
| as consumers or small- to medium-sized
| businesses.
|
| That single-minded focus may not serve
| them well against a relative newcomer to
| the enterprise Linux market: a newcomer
| that has quickly obtained a large
| percentage of the desktop Linux market
| and--more importantly--the hearts and
| minds of Linux developers.
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http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/linux_unix/article.php/3891546/Ubuntu+Rides+Free+Into+the+Enterprise.htm
Recent:
20 vendors CIOs should watch, part 2
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| Canonical
| Any company that challenges the lucrative
| status quo is worth watching and with its
| Ubuntu Linux distribution, Canonical is
| challenging one of the great franchises in
| software history: Microsoft Windows. Ubuntu
| has become established as the simplest-to-use
| desktop Linux for many organisations (and
| hardware vendors) where Windows might appear
| pricey and overkill. Of course, PC makers are
| also looking at Google Android and other
| systems but if Ubuntu can make itself the
| free PC OS of choice for even a base set of
| configurations, tasks and workloads, it
| stands to become a new power broker.
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http://www.cio.co.uk/article/3228464/10-vendors-cios-should-watch-part-2/
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