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 Portable. Linux runs on all known hardware, from
IBM 390 mainframes to embedded systems. If you develop a
solution on Linux is it very easy to port it to Linux running on
top of a different hardware.
Performance. Linux is highly customizable and
uses the system resources wisely. Because of that, it can run on
older machines (that otherwise were rendered in-usable).
Interoperability. Linux inter-operates with all
other operating systems, Unix (with NIS/NFS support),
Machintosh, and Windows (with SMB support), making it the
De-Facto OS for years to come.
Strategic option.
Large companies, market analysts, politicians and governments
are realizing the great potentials of the Free Software, as we are
looking for a vendor-neutral, standards-based, country-neutral, free,
and De-Facto platform.
Successful market
adoption. GNU/Linux is the fastest growing operating system in
the world. It made 27% of the world servers in the year 2000 according
to IDC . GNU/Linux is making a great success in the Desktop and
embedded systems as well. Success stories of small, medium, and large
organizations adopting GNU/Linux are numerous. Amazon.com saved $17
millions on 2001 due to migrating to GNU/Linux based systems!
Google, the world's number one search engine, is built entirely
on Linux. Using 10,000 Linux boxes and forming one of the
largest Linux farms ever!
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