Open source technology behind Google's power

==Description==

To deal with the more than 10 billion Web pages and tens of terabytes of information on Google's servers, the company combines cheap machines with plenty of redundancy running on a stripped-down Linux kernel that combines more than 10,000 Linux servers. Google could not exist today, if they were started working with Microsoft because of the high product costs (NT and Windows 2000), not enough stability to run Google with the existing products and more expensive hardware requirements to run more capacity required software.

==Enablers==

• Open source technology that has a development momentum greater than any other software

• No licensing fee for Linux operating system

• Cheap hardware requirements

• M&S (maintenance and support) by Linux (In-house Linux Expertise)

• Support by Linux community to solve the problems

==Inhibitors==

• Unix license issues

==Paradigms==

Google succeeded to break a monopoly (Microsoft) by choosing to use open source software (Linux). This also proved that how stable and fast the Linux servers can run even on custom-assembled PCs rather than more expensive RISC UNIX servers. Many of the systems are based on Intel Celeron processors, the same chips in cheap consumer PCs.

==Experts==

http://www.linux.org/ (Linux community that offers free support and development).

==Timing==

==Web Resources==

http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3487041

http://internetweek.cmp.com/lead/lead060100.htm