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Promoting Linux Internet Solutions
Linux is the definitive answer to your small business needs for Internet
connectivity, web serving, and e-mail services. Linux is a freely available,
open source,
multi-user, multi-tasking, full-featured Unix-like operating system.
Linux has been released under the GNU General Public License,
and is thus free!
Not just free to download, Linux is also totally free of restrictive
proprietary licensing: therefore, even should you choose the convenience of
buying a Linux distribution on CD, you are free to install it on as many
computers as you desire.
Not only is Linux the second-most-popular operating system,
Linux is also the fastest growing operating system around today. By the end
of 1997, there were more than 7.5 million users worldwide, and that number
continues to grow day by day. Current estimates have Linux use doubling every
year, meaning that there are now more than 30 million Linux users. The
staggering implications of this exponential growth curve are explored in the
article,
The Last Dinosaur and the Tarpits of Doom: How Linux Smashed Windows.
At this point, you may be saying to yourself: This is too good to be true!
I wonder, what does Microsoft say about Linux? Fortunately, around Halloween
of 1998, some of Microsoft's internal documents about Linux were leaked to
the press. Read the Halloween Documentsfor Microsoft's technical evaluation of Linux.
And if you're up for a laugh.
Linux is now used wherever a good, robust operating system is needed.
There are many reasons why you and your company would want to use Linux
in a personal or business setting. These include dependability, flexibility,
reliability, security, speed, and stability. Only the high-end commercial
versions of Unix can really compete with Linux in these areas; but they
have a much higher total cost of ownership than Linux, as does Windows 2000.
So say goodbye to unnecessary expensive equipment and software licenses.
Say goodbye to the Blue Screen of Death, memory leaks, and unnecessary
reboots. Stop worrying
about that 107 percent increase in software license costs
Say Hello to Linux!
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