Linux has changed the economics of how companies do business by shifting the
OS and infrastructure models they use from more expensive, proprietary
Unix-based systems to lower-cost, standards-based Linux platforms. This has
dramatically reduced IT costs and enabled companies to acquire more computing
power to drive their business productivity and research. Linux is also
altering the corporate mindset by applying the benefits from traditional
research areas to business initiatives. This has resulted in lower TCO,
better competitive advantage, and faster time-to-market in many cases. This
change allows companies to take on projects they never could before and to
focus on the future.
An excellent example of this is CGG (Compagnie Generale de Geophysique), a
leading supplier of services and products to the worldwide oil and gas
industry, which has deployed a massive 3,... (more)