Using open source in a business

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Great article about Ernie Ball, a large manufacturer of guitar strings. They got clobbered by microsoft and he, as a businessman, decided to ditch microsoft completely. Linux, open office, etc. And it pays off handsomly.

(Found on slashdot).

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