Can Linux save millions of dollars without a Windows market?

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? An executive at Merrill Lynch said their research showed that using Linux could save the company millions of dollars.

?? At the enterprise Linux Forum on Friday, Mark Snodgrass, deputy director of Merrill Lynch's global technology and service team, said they found that if Linux is used to reconstruct its information infrastructure, it can save a lot of administrative fees for the company. Snodgrass said that in addition to software protocol fees higher than Linux, Windows also costs a lot in managing traditional Windows information infrastructure.

?? Its new plan for information infrastructure is to put most Linux applications on virtual machines on high-end servers. In addition to simplified management, the pre-configured Image files can be copied to quickly configure the new Linux "server". The entire process takes as short as 2 minutes 14 seconds.

?? Snodgrass also said that using such a virtual Linux server to store files can save a lot of money: using a Windows Server to save files costs $3.6 million for Merrill Lynch Securities, of which 0.6 million are used in hardware, another 3 million is used to pay the salaries of employees who maintain these servers.

?? The Snodgrass team estimates that if a Linux-based solution is used to replace the company's current Microsoft Exchange Server, it can provide similar collaboration features while, it also saves the company seven to eight yuan in spending in this area. However, another reason why Snodgrass is pushing Linux is that the senior executives of Merrill Lynch intend to use Exchange and put the server management work out to save costs.