This may be a bit VAGUE, but take a look at the internet..... Most major websites are run on Linux systems, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Amazon. Also take a look in Europe and Asia. I personally know that Hostgator systems are Linux based.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/06/16/linux_in_europe/ Warmest Regards, Chris Yarger On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:30 PM, joe golden <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > it has come to my attention that the city of Burlington is questioning the > value of non MS based systems and contemplating an all MS shop for the city > infrastructure and their webservers. There may be security or legal reasons > that they want to host sites themselves. > > Are there local organizations with a solid *nix infrastructure that the > city of Burlington can relate to that we can point to as Open Source > successes on the technological and financial fronts? As a Burlington > taxpayer, I appreciate that the city is trying to save $ and I suspect this > idea is coming in under the "cost savings" umbrella. > > In this analysis the licensing costs are only one consideration of many. > Other considerations might be > > * availability of sys admins > * cost of sys administration in time and $ > * skill set of current IT employees > * system robustness, security and throughput > * long term support > * hardware costs and availability > > I know CCTV (Chittenden Community Television) is a Linux shop that handles > a lot of traffic and has a lot going on with it's tech dept. Where are some > other *nix success stories on a scale and budget of the City of Burlington? > > Thanx all. > -- > Joe Golden /_\ www.Triangul.us /_\ Coding, Drupalism and Open Sourcery >
