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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:Really, people. by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And of course, all those running Windows will have stuff screwing up left, right and centre. Blue Screen Of Death, Blue Screen Of Death, haha!

    (Score:5, Anti-Microsoft post)

    Disclaimer: this is sarcasm

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  2. Re:Nudge, Nudge by sydb · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Good for you, sorry you got modded down. No doubt I will too, but I have sufficient karma and I'm drunk so I don't care.

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