They're in the money

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi Janina,

Well, I'm rather gratified to know that some people are just plain smart!  I
mean, uh, well, Linux is free!  Yes, it does require a bit more expertise,
and that might not necessarily fit for the smallest of business users, but
for medium-sized business and large corporations, it makes perfect sense.  I
mean, larger companies can install Linux on mission-critical machines, pay a
bit more for the expertise to operate those systems, and still come out
cheaper than the expensive, per-seat licensing of Microsoft!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 1:34 PM
Subject: They're in the money


> The skies are sunny
> They've got a lot of what it takes ...
>
>
> >From today's NewsBytes:
>
>
> LINUX ACCOUNTS FOR $2 BILLION OF HP's SALES
> Carly Fiorina, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, the world's top
> seller of personal computers, says that the Linux operating system now
> accounts for fully $2 billion of HP sales. That $2 billion figure
contrasts
> with virtually no sales at all a mere five years ago. Of course, the
> increasing importance of Linux goes beyond HP, and market research groups
> such as IDC say that Linux installations grew 35% last year, in spite of
> the fact that corporate information technology budgets were in most cases
> flat or declining. (Reuters/San Jose Mercury News 21 Jan 2003)
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4996371.htm
>
>
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka, Director
> Technology Research and Development
> Governmental Relations Group
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>
> Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
>
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