Proving Linux in the Enterprise

Thirteen years of open collaboration. Thousands of the best minds in software engineering working together, worldwide. A unifying conviction that the best ideas emerge from cooperation and peer review. Put it all together, and you have today's Linux operating system, which is growing at a rapid pace. As one of the industry's most robust and stable platforms, the open-source Linux environment lets administrators choose what to deploy and where, while lowering software, hardware and administration costs. With a worldwide community cooperating to fix vulnerabilities, Linux also offers great security . All of these benefits contribute to a low total cost of ownership.

So, why hasn't everyone already migrated? There are many potential barriers: Lack of internal skills and external support. Concern over disruption of business and IT processes. Resistance to change. Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt. And historically, no major player in the global IT marketplace has been willing and able to address these issues.

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