Conclusions
the UNIX OS as represented by Linux can offer unique abilities to educators and researchers
highly efficient use of hardware(excellent support for lower end hardware, scales to high end machine, full MultiProcessor support, parallel computing support)
powerful network support, strong support forInformation Technology tools
theOpen SourceandOpen File Formatsoffer us the ability to deal with our data in a manner so as not to lock them into a file format while still being able to translate that data on demand for various services