Oh great, another article about Linux on the business desktop, right? Nope.
That was me as I saw the headline on eweek and clicked on it. I do always click on the is linux ready? links, hating that the subject is beaten to death, but still curious as to what the opinion is this time.
Anyway, this isn't one of those articles, so lets move on.
This one is actually more about open source software on the enterprise back-end, and how it enables small companies to utilize enterprise class solutions.
Companies such as SourceLabs Inc. and SpikeSource Inc., have entered the market with just this model in mind, offering an open-source software stack and providing services around it. The stack typically includes Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Perl/Python components, otherwise known as LAMP.
01/31/05: Is Open Source Ready for Prime Time?
Oh great, another article about Linux on the business desktop, right? Nope.
That was me as I saw the headline on eweek and clicked on it. I do always click on the is linux ready? links, hating that the subject is beaten to death, but still curious as to what the opinion is this time. Anyway, this isn't one of those articles, so lets move on.
This one is actually more about open source software on the enterprise back-end, and how it enables small companies to utilize enterprise class solutions.
A good read.