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The Job Market for Linux Geeks
- Linux skills map onto other Unix.
- SunOS/Solaris, HPUX, AIX -- they're all similar.
- Main difference is missing or less-functional tools on the commercial versions. E.g.
tar -z
- Most Internet work is done with Linux.
- Web servers
- Firewalls
- Network "appliances"
- Knowledge is rarely a bad thing.
- Know what to do when faced with Unix "prompt".
- Windows and Linux both have their strengths.
- Linux mandated by governments?
- The governments of Mexico and France are both encouraging the use
of OSS where possible within their own ranks.
- The US is looking into this, and is supporting many OSS projects.
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