Suresh Kumar Sami writes that his company, Zahid Tractor and Heavy Machinery, working with Saudi Business Machines (SBM) and IBM, has moved entirely to servers running Linux and Samba. The press release begins:

Zahid Tractor and Heavy Machinery Company Limited has implemented the server technology that is revolutionising the computing world. Rolling out Linux across its systems spanning the Kingdom with the help of Saudi Business Machines (SBM), the general marketing and services representative of IBM WTC in Saudi Arabia, Zahid Tractor is leading a wave of change that is allowing organisations to implement the most powerful and secure computer systems without having to pay exorbitant licensing fees. By replacing its Microsoft Windows servers with LINUX, Zahid Tractors has reduced its server technology costs by as much as 25%, and demonstrated the value, flexibility and security of open-source software.

For more, see the full press release.