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Open Source Making Inroads in Small Businesses

Posted by michael on from the price-sensitive dept.

prostoalex writes "In a story mainly about new OpenOffice release, NewsFactor Network quotes an interesting finding of Jupiter Research analyst: "Open-source productivity suites did "surprisingly well" in the mid-size business market, with the OpenOffice suite alone claiming a share of about 6%. Furthermore, [Joe Wilcox] found that some 19% of small businesses ran Linux on their desktop, and a whopping 26% ran Linux on their servers.""

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  1. Re:where's the beef? by ePhil_One · · Score: 2, Redundant
    19% on the desktop?

    Pay attention to what was said. Not that 19% ran Linux exclusively on the desktop, just that in 19% of companies there exists a linux desktop. Might be that one cranky developer, might be like me, the IT guy who runs the Linux servers also has a Linux desktop to help him test scripts and new patches.

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