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Implementing Linux in Your IT Organization: Page 5 of 5

  • Database server vendors and projects: IBM, www.ibm.com; mSQL, www.hughes.com.au; MySQL, www.mysql.com; Oracle, www.oracle.com; Postgres, www.postgresql.org; Sybase, www.sybase.com
  • The product areas listed here are just a sample of what's available to you on Linux. Plenty of viable Linux-based software is out there to support your needs, and now that you know where the OS' strengths and weaknesses lie, you can choose with confidence. The question then becomes: Is your IT staff ready to support Linux? If not, you should address that in your training budget soon.

    Don MacVittie is an application engineer at WPS Resources and a contributing editor to NETWORK COMPUTING. Write to him at [email protected].

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