Linux And the Enterprise Environment

aword writes "Computerworld cites that private financial services sector have moved to Linux more than any other sector. This too is mostly on the server side only. Enterprisewide linux deployments for desktop users have been few and far between. From the article." From the article: "On the server side, perhaps no single industry has tested Linux's enterprise mettle more than the financial services sector. Companies were facing mounting pressure to cut costs at the turn of the millennium. The Internet bubble was about to burst. Prices were fluctuating wildly. Order volume and data traffic were spiking in the wake of the electronic trading boom. Revenue was not."

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Makes financial sense

[HangingChad]

I use Linux as my primary OS because I like it AND it makes good financial sense. If Linux were evenly priced with Windows I'd still choose it for certain applications. Especially anywhere the ability to modify the software for mission tasks was essential.

It's not so much about money as control. That's really the thing I like best about Linux and OSS, I can control what my machine does down to a very granular level. I like that. Many people don't and that's fine. Use Windows or get a Mac.

And a Linux environment is soooo much faster. I'm always amazed how slow Windows machines are. Every time I have to go in to the client shop to do something it's like trying to run in mud. Wait and wait for it to boot up, login, wait and wait some more for five bazillion background processes to load, oh I get to do some work now, woooweee. Wait for the development environment to load. Zzzzzzzzzzz.