Jun. 17, 2003
OSDL and SD Times released the results of a joint survey on the use of Linux in corporations. The survey of 8,000 SD Times readers, mostly senior managers at corporations with more than 1,000 employees, showed broad and deep use of Linux in IT shops even though only a third of the companies had adopted the open source operating system as a corporate standard computing platform.

Jun. 18, 2003
As Linux expands its user base and enters the enterprise, IT professionals should pick up some Linux skills advises SearchEnterpriseLinux.com site experts. In this article, they explain the basics that Windows shops need to know about Linux to administer multiple OS environments -- from what to study, why Linux, and where to get certified.

Jun. 20, 2003
A sweeping initiative in Extremadura, Spain has put 80,000 Linux computers in schools. The systems feature a customized version of Linux, called GNU/LinEx, and features the GNOME desktop and other free software productivity programs. The intiative has facilitated a student-to-computer ratio of 2 to 1, and boast a total cost savings of over 18 million euros, or nearly one third of the total budget of 67 million euros, according to the announcement.
"For us, software libre (open source software) was the only choice," said Francisco A. Huertas Mendez, technical coordinator of GNU/LinuEx of the Junta de Extremadura. "We were able to stretch our budget very far and provide a powerful and easy-to-use environment with Linux and GNOME. We are also able to give the students all of the productivity programs they need."