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D. Both, C. BulkaLinux for Small Business Ownershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8264-9_7

7. Making the Decision

David Both1   and Cyndi Bulka1
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will be able to
  • Understand the factors that caused the authors to switch to Linux

  • List the factors that are prompting you to consider a switch to Linux

  • Identify the two or three most important of those factors

  • Make the decision

Introduction

No matter what has come before, the time to make a decision is here. You have explored reasons to switch to Linux and tried it out in Chapter 5 so that you can see that it is not really that different in the part that counts ...

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