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 for Information Technology tools

  • the Open Source and Open File Formats offer 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