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Linux Usage in the UK

Posted by michael on from the penguins-in-peterborough dept.

pdajames writes "Techies don't seem to understand that businesses want to have a support contract with their usual supplier before they will buy Linux, even though the likelihood is that they may never need support. A survey in the UK showed that support concerns were the No. 1 factor keeping companies from investing in open source software."

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  1. Re:Who needs support by essdodson · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Hoorah for worthless and frequently contradictory documentation! LDP rocks...

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    scott
  2. Google by princeofweasels · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All the support you or your staff could ever need, free. If your too stupid to use it hire someone who isn't.