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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. IBM does sell support. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    And they have for years.

    IBM will sell you worldwide, 24x7x365 support for Linux.