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September 18, 2008 7:07 AM PDT

Who runs Ubuntu? The list keeps growing

by Matt Asay
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Despite 96 percent of surveyed CIOs claiming not to run Ubuntu internally, there is a long and growing list of companies that do, with or without the CIO's knowledge. Works for U is compiling a list of Ubuntu-loving companies. Make your Ubuntu adoption heard. Add to the list now.

Join the club:

Ubuntu users strut their stuff

(Credit: Works for U)

This is just a small sample of the list. Head over to Works for U for the complete list, and to complete the list with your company's information.

Matt Asay brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to The Open Road, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is vice president of business development at Alfresco, a company that develops open-source software for content management. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can follow Matt on Twitter @mjasay.
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by The_Decider September 18, 2008 7:41 AM PDT
This explains why so many people use Windows. Ubuntu is a very bad OS that survives on hype, just like Windows.
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by tomasq September 18, 2008 8:39 AM PDT
I'm not sure you're correct about that. I administrate Window's networks and have worked with FreeBSD for years. I've recently moved two servers and a laptop over to Ubuntu and so far, it's honestly a very well done distribution. I'm very impressed and in the next 6-12 months I will more than likely be shifting more systems from FreeBSD to Ubuntu, as needed.
by john55440 September 18, 2008 8:13 AM PDT
So Matt, did you delete OSX from all of your Macs, and install Ubuntu instead?
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by Matt Asay September 18, 2008 8:19 AM PDT
@john55440: Um, no. There are a few of our developers who refuse to give into my Mac evangelizing. ;-)
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Matt Asay brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to the Open Road, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is general manager of the Americas division and vice president of business development at Alfresco, a company that develops open-source software for content management. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.

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