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From: "Saswata Banerjee & Associates" <scrap(a)saswatabanerjee.com>
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On a related note, why is it that in mid 90s, 68% of webservers were Apache
/ Linux ? Not simply because the server owners thought open source
philosophy is great (many of them probably did too), but because it met a
very important need of theirs and it was business decision.
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There are fundamental differences between the Free
software Movement (spearheaded by FSF) and the open
source movement. There are not the *same* but
*similar*. Hence it is not wise to mention them in the
as synonyms.
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For example, If I ever tell my clients to switch to Linux, it will be
considering business factors only -- cost (not necessarily free -- and
considering hardware + software costs), options avaialble, ease of use,
difficulty to maintain and availabity of good tech personnel who are willing
to provide support at a reasonable cost.
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Also you will agree that being not being tied to a
single s/w vendor also makes sound business sense. So
that you are not at the nercy to the whims and
fancies of that particular vendor
---> Vinayak Hegde