Amazon.com Says Switch to Linux Operating System Has Saved It Millions

[Posted August 15, 2002 by cook]

According to this article in the Seattle Times, Amazon.com has saved millions of dollars by switching to Linux. "Amazon.com switched nearly its entire computer network to the freely shared Linux operating system not because of politics but because it is helping the company grow and cut costs, Amazon's engineering chief said yesterday. "We wanted the best tool for the task," said Jacob Levanon, director of systems engineering at the Seattle-based Internet retailer. Amazon has become a poster child for the progress Linux is making in large-enterprise computing since the Web giant began using Linux to run 92 percent of its network computers last September."