Making an open source object database fly
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| It was then that Johnson made a permanent switch to Linux.
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| He found that most of his clients still wanted their software
| the old-fashioned way: proprietary. "Most people really want to
| pay for software," he says. "If you pay for it, it must be better;
| gee whiz, everybody else is on Windows, we better stick with it."
| But his customers' preferences didn't stop Johnson from using open
| source every chance he got.
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http://www.itmanagersjournal.com/feature/21456
Related:
Why open source is ready for the enterprise: beyond free stuff
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| Open source is certainly hot among the tech community, but if you
| mention the concept to IT leaders in the enterprise environment,
| they tend to immediately cringe. The inference being that "free
| stuff" can't possibly match the quality of products you pay for
| -- and the "DIY approach" is not manageable or secure enough for
| large enterprises. This kind of rash write-off plainly misses
| the mark!
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http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=8034
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