in reply to LAMP is practical model?

There certainly are. Indubitably, there are many companies for whom free software forms the backbone of their infrastructure, even if they use Windows on the fringes of the company (the secretary’s desktop, or whatever). I don’t have any examples off hand (other than the usual suspects, ie the massive companies like Google, Amazon etc), but you may want to ask on the free software business mailinglist.

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Re^2: LAMP is practical model?
by Perl Mouse (Chaplain) on Nov 22, 2005 at 12:33 UTC
    I've worked for a few companies where free software formed the backbone of their infrastructure - I've worked for more companies where Unix formed the backbone. However, that doesn't imply Windows is only found on the fringes of the company. In almost all companies, including "Unix companies", the default desktop is a Windows machine. Except from the occasional graphics designer, or an otherwise "arty" person on a Mac, allmost the non-tech people nowadays work on Windows (only exception I know from the top of my head: two university secretaries on Sparcs, who were real wizards with Emacs and LaTeX - but that was around the time Windows 3.1 was very new). And even a lot of tech people use Windows - unlike an oldie like me, youngsters started their computer lives on Windows. I never use Windows myself, and although I'd like to see it different, I can't image an office using Unix on the majority of their desktops.
    Perl --((8:>*
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