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Low cost, high reliability, high security solutions.
- For server and networking solutions, Linux is ready now.
- In most cases, not using Linux for networking and serving
infrastructure simply means money which could have purchased additional
desktops were wasted on server licenses.
- Free OSS solutions are available to handle most modern
networking and server issues.
- High end commercial databases and application servers are
available for Linux where free solutions are not yet ready for use.
- Linux is more stable than either MS NT or MacOS.
- Security is stronger and more robust.
- Most ISPs use Linux or Unix for their systems. Many have NT
machines solely for their clients who ask for it.
- The Desktop. The final frontier.
- Working upon the rock solid stability of Linux, user ease-of-use
issues have been consuming considerable effort by OSS developers.
- Depending on what the "application space" is, a Linux based
desktop could be possible now, or might only be appropriate after
about another 12 months of development.
- Partial deployment of Linux and/or dual-booting allows for
in-field experimentation without risk (and because it's all free,
there's no cost beyond time.)
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