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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:what a surprise!?!? by I8TheWorm · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not trying to troll... I like Linux and love the idea of OSS. However, I have yet to see a TCO comparison between Linux and Windows that shows Linux being cheaper. Where did you get that information?

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