In this quick-reading book, business author and engineer Mark S. A. Smith de-mystifies the lingo and discusses what you need to know about Linux to make informed business decisions. With the ideas in this book, you'll know what questions to ask and what issues to examine when your IT director considers Linux for your company.

If you're like most executives, you're part of a technology purchasing committee. Making computer technology decisions has never been easy. You have to slog through the marketing hype and computer jargon to separate the sales-copy promises from the software reality.

This book was written with the non-technical manager in mind; it won't dig very deep into the technology. So, even if you're an executive with limited technical background, this book will guide you on the questions to ask and the issues to examine when your technology team considers Linux for your company.