Fault-tolerant Linux can compete with Windows (electronicsweekly.com) [LWN.net]

electronicsweekly.com examines the use of Linux for fault-tolerant computing. "Choosing the operating system that an organisation uses to run its critical applications also remains a tough decision. Linux is growing in popularity compared with other operating systems and using Linux offers a route for organisations to achieve high availability at a potentially lower cost. As a free operating system, the level of cost would be much lower than other approaches and this is contributing to its growing popularity from a business continuity perspective. An example of this is that Linux has entered the top three operating systems chart by the volume of servers sold for the first time, according to recent research by IDC."

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