Siegenia-Aubi KG had to reboot its Compaq servers about every 14 days until it decided to chuck Windows for Linux. But that meant the German maker of sound-insulating ventilators, as well as windows, doors, and room-ventilation equipment, would run all its enterprise applications on a relatively new open-source platform. The open-source movement has increased dramatically in recent years. To keep up, enterprise-application vendors–Manhattan Associates, Oracle, SAP, Siebel Systems, SSA Global Technologies–are adapting their software to run in these environments.
Link: InformationWeek
