Re: [tlug] Business applications of Linux

[<e_davies@example.com>]

> Hi,
> I recently came across an article which said that lot of companies were
> switching to Linux in Japan. I was just wondering what kind  of
> applications might be used and what  areas Linux is being used in the
> companies.
> I would appreciate any input.

I'm contracting as a 'database engineer' and I recently convinced my client, a medium-sized company, to upgrade thier DBs from Oracle8i on HP-UX to Oracle9i on Linux servers (Miracle Linux).