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Linux proves to be very helpful in a corporate environment as it contains few advantages like:
- It is never abandoned by its developers
- It is comparatively more secure and has lower cost of ownership.
- It is available for many platforms and also supports most of the
programming languages.
Hence, the correct options are “A”, “B”, and “C”.
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