Applications are now making waves in the business world, by enabling companies to implement economical open source solutions across the whole enterprise with support from major vendors.
“The value proposition for businesses is simple: sites can use the features and functions of Linux/Open Source to better support remote offices and to aid in IT resource consolidation. They can economically replace older technology with commodity-priced servers with Linux/Open Source that can interoperate with many different computing platforms, and that enjoy enthusiastic endorsement from all the major IT vendors”
It is a major shift in business and thought process, because instead having of a monopoly business model protected by law, you now can now have one that is protected by common sense and options.
