In Asia in 2004
- Linux server licenses grew by 36%
- Linux client licenses rose by 49%

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China plans to use Linux
for all front-end banking operations!

Banca Popolare di Milano in Italy is rolling out 4,500 Linux desktops.

LVM Insurance in Germany has Linux on 7,700 desktops and 30 servers.

"Linux in and of itself as an operating system was not the driver. 
The fact is, Linux enabled us to use a commodity platform."