/tags/linux/ Recent content in linux on chrismoos Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us © 2020 Chris Moos Mon, 07 May 2007 18:07:44 +0000 /2007/05/07/open-source-in-the-enterprise/ Mon, 07 May 2007 18:07:44 +0000 /2007/05/07/open-source-in-the-enterprise/ Open source software has been around for a while in the enterprise server markets, but not in the desktop markets. In any given business you will most likely find Windows based desktops, with a small minority probably having Mac computers. The problem that I see with this is that when you start to employ thousands of Windows machines, your costs for licensing are insane. But with all the new user-friendly distributions of Linux, such as Ubuntu or OpenSUSE, it seems that it might be time to start evaluating some of these free desktop operating systems for use in the enterprise.