Recession Driving Linux Adoption at the Expense of Windows

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March 17th, 2009 · No Comments

The global recession will drive the adoption of the Linux open source operating system to the detriment of Windows, an IDC study commissioned by Novell reveals. The worldwide economic downturn is nothing short of fertile soil for Linux, with IDC predicting that the platform has the potential to gain a critical footh… (read more)
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