University finds freedom, flexibility in open source business intelligence

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 6, 2007 4:46 PM EDT
Linux.com; By Tina Gasperson
Mail this story
Print this story

The University of Nebraska was always a Microsoft shop. U of N Data and Internet Specialist Amy Stephen remembers when Windows NT was new, with 27 installation disks. "We went with that because we had every network protocol that had ever been created, and every desktop applications that had ever been invented, right here. MS was the only ones you could have that diversity with." But when all of Microsoft's "natural predators" began to die off, and Microsoft no longer made the university's needs a priority, Stephen found open source solutions a lot more attractive.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft

« Return to the newswire homepage

This topic does not have any threads posted yet!

You cannot post until you login.