- Big Bird buys into Free Software - Comments http://www.teledyn.com/node/20 Comments for "Big Bird buys into Free Software" en Big Bird buys into Free Software http://www.teledyn.com/node/20 <p>' <p>When <a>Sesame Workshop</a> bought into web systems based on free software, it was not ideological -- it was financial. The ongoing costs of licensing and maintenance for StoryServer, Oracle, and their Sun hardware was too much to bear. With the new systems, using PHP, PostgreSQL and Apache, and running on RedHat Linux, <a>sesamestreet.com</a> and other holdings can now double their traffic, and for less cost. I\'d call that a win.</p> <p>Full Story: <a>Union Square Internet</a>'</p> GNU Thu, 03 Oct 2002 15:33:20 -0400 garym 20 at http://www.teledyn.com