logomed1281 Penguin Profits: Making Money with LinuxIts low cost and reliability have made the maturing Linux open-source operating system more marketable for solution providers.

Linux used to be a hard sell for solution providers. Not anymore. The open-source platform has become more marketable for a host of reasons, chief of which are its low cost and reliability. Linux is mature; has a growing ecosystem of applications to support it; and has major vendors such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Novell helping to drive market acceptance.

“Linux has gotten a lot easier to sell,” said Tom Tucker, president of Akibia, a Westboro, Mass., solution provider. “Customers are better educated about Linux and know that the cost of maintaining Linux hardware is significantly cheaper than anything else.” >>>>>>

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