BetTheCompanyOnLinux™

It runs on fridges, it runs on mainframes (apparently), it runs on huge toroidal thingies under the Alps. Also, it runs on desktops.

Who wouldn’t want to bet the company on Linux? After all, it’s free.

Here are two examples, culled from the LHB archives:

A Linux advocate, trying and failing to persuade Cisco that Linux is the way to go

Watching the city of Munich fail to convert to Linux

Linux is great, if you’re satisfied with 15% market penetration on a locked-down municipal desktop.

Linux is great, if you don’t mind the BiannualForcedDeathMarch™.

Linux isn’t so good if you want to run a profitable company, or provide services to your users in a major metropolitan area.