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Unilever Ditches Global IT Linux Migration

Posted by samzenpus on from the free-as-in-not-using-it dept.

GP writes "One to stir the open source debate. The CIO of global consumer goods giant Unilever says in this interview with silicon.com that the company has ditched plans to migrate its enterprise IT platform to Linux running on Itanium. He reckons hidden support costs and security issues have emerged over the past two years with open source and that proprietary vendors have also raised their game in response to the 'threat'."

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  1. Unilever Joins OSDL just 2 years ago by anandpur · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How it is going to change the relationship between Unilever and OSDL
    URL:http://www.osdl.org/newsroom/press_releases/20 03/2003_07_24_beaverton.html>

  2. Re:The FUD Train Rolls On... by GaryPatterson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know, while I don't mind the mod points, even *I* can't see that as insightful.

    Who's modding me around here? And where have you been when I posted something a bit more intelligent?