If I'm a company that is primarily using Windows servers and I haven't been a big user of Unix, for me to bring Linux into my environment would be a significant expense. I'd have to get people trained, develop policies and procedures and processes. It's building a whole new infrastructure, and if I can avoid doing that why wouldn't I If I can make use of open source applications and get all the advantages of open source and still run on Windows, why not Then I can still take advantage of all the expertise I have.
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