Internet Services

Linux is free, so it is easy to build a powerful cluster of Internet servers for a low cost. There are no per-machine license fees for operating system or most major services.
All open source Internet services (for example, Apache, which powers over half of the web sites in the world) will run on Linux
Most commercial services have Linux ports

Linux is free, so it is easy to build a powerful cluster of Internet servers for a low cost. There are no per-machine license fees for operating system or most major services.