Linux provides an excellent returns on investment
, or ROI. There is little or no cost on
a per seat basis. Unlike commercial operating
systems, Linux has no royalty or licensing
fees and a single Linux distribution on
CD-ROM can form the basis of an enterpriseswide
software distribution, replete with application
and productivity software. Custom Corporate
CD ROMs can be easily crafted to provide
specific installs on enterprisewide hardware.
Linux cab
be put to work on the desk top. Linux in
conjunction with it’s graphical interface,
the X window system, has worked well as
a consumer UNIX- Like desktop operating
system since the mid 1990’s.
Linux can be put to work as a server platform.
Linux is the fast secure stable, scabale
and robust. Lastest version of the linux
kernel easily support multiple- processor
computer, large amounts of the systems memory,
individual file sizes in excess of the hundred
of gigabytes.
Linux has a low entry and deployment cost
brarrier. Maintennance costs can also be
reduce as Linux works well on variety of
PC’s including legacy hardware, such
as some Intel-based 486 and early Pentinum
CPUs.
Linux appeals to a wide hardware and software
industry audience. Versions of Linux exist
for nearly for every CPU. Embedded systems
developers now turn to Linux when crafting
customs solutions solution using ARM, MIPS,
and other low power processors.
Linux provides
a royalty free development platform for
cross platform development. Because of the
open source development model and availability
of free, high-quality development tools,
Linux Provides a low cost entry point to
budding developers and tech industry startups.
Big
player support in the computer hardware
industry from such titans as IBM now lends
credibility to linux as a viable platform.
IBM has enable Linux on the company’s
entire line of the computers from low end
laptops through “ Big Iron”
main-frames.
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