How to build an open source online business
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Kazrael
Kazrael writes "After buying hardware, hiring some employees, and aquiring some static IP addresses, what does the /. community recommend for building an entire open source business infrastructure? I'm interested in finding out what the community recommends for open source accounting software, documentation (Open Office?), web-hosting (Apache Tomcat?), email servers, email client (Thunderbird?), OS (Linux — but what distro works the best for non-tech savvy workers?), and anything else we might need to grab along the way. Has open source addressed all the most basic needs of business?"