Merrill Lynch endorses Linux

Noted financial firm Merrill Lynch has released information that shows that the company could save millions if it deploys Linux internally. "During a presentation Friday at the Enterprise Linux Forum, Mark Snodgrass, vice president of Merrill Lynch's in-house technology provider, the Global Technology & Services group, said that the company has found that re-architecting its information infrastructure using Linux can reduce administration costs dramatically. In fact, Snodgrass found that, while the software licensing costs of Windows was higher than Linux, the highest cost was in managing traditional Windows infrastructure. "It's the people that cost the most," he said." It is good to see money companies realize the cost savings of free stuff.