What Does a Linux Support Contract Buy?

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Article Source LinuxInsider
May 20, 2009, 4:00 am

Though it’s struggled when it comes to kicking in doors in the consumer market, Linux has clearly found a welcome home in the enterprise, and it appears to be making itself more comfortable with each passing day.

“It’s the fastest-growing server-side operating system of any of them that are out there–Unix, Windows, you name it,” Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, told LinuxInsider.

“The reason it’s growing so fast,” he continued, “is because in a down economy, companies now know that Linux will save them real money…”