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<h1 class="h s-1">Big Business, Big Linux</h1>
<p class="meta s-10">By <a rel="author"
href="http://www.zdnet.com/search?q=steven+j.+vaughan-nichols">Steven
J. Vaughan-Nichols</a> | January 19, 2012, 11:19am PST</p>
<p class="space-2 content fancy s-7"><span class="c-1 heavy">Summary:
</span>IT funds may be short, but The Linux Foundation has found
that companies are still investing in Linux for cloud computing,
“Big Data,” and greenfield deployments.</p>
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<div id="attachment_10183" class="wp-caption alignright"
style="width: 250px"><a
href="http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/linux-tie.jpg"><img
class="size-full wp-image-10183 " style="margin: 5px
10px;" title="linux-tie"
src="cid:part1.04080508.08000500@lightlink.com" alt="Linux
has found a home for itself in the office. " height="180"
width="240"></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Linux has found a home for itself
in the office. </p>
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<p>Will your business move to <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/topics/windows+8+server">Windows
8 server</a>? Will your <a
href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-ios-cited-as-the-most-popular-mobile-os-for-enterprise/67243">office
support iPads for work</a>? I don’t know. I do know that
chances are your enterprise is very likely to increase its use
of Linux.</p>
<p>According to new report by <a
href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org">The Linux Foundation</a>,
the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the
growth of Linux, “<a
href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/linux-foundation/linux-adoption-trends-end-user-report-2012">Linux
Adoption Trends 2012: A Survey of Enterprise End Users</a>,”
in a lousy IT economy Linux is still growing by leaps and
bounds.</p>
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