The IT industry is shifting away from Microsoft

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Corporations cry Linux

About a year ago, things started to change. The cries that Linux would dethrone Microsoft remained the same, but there was a shift in the corporate reaction to those cries. CxOs started to say ‘tell me about it’. In a down economy, free is much cheaper than hundreds of dollars, and infinitely more attractive. Linux started gaining ground with real paying customers using it for real work in the real world, really.

Link: The Inquirer

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  • Linux