Review the Linux case study available at https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects/case-studies/linux/. In particular, review the section titled "Results."Share your thoughts on Linux after reviewing this study. Did you learn anything that surprised you? Did it influence your opinion about Linux? Why or why not?

1.How do you describe the importance of data in analytics? Can we think of analytics without data? Explain. 2. Considering the new and broad definition of business analytics, what are the main inputs and outputs to the analytics continuum? 3. Where do the data for business analytics come from? What are the sources and the nature of those incoming data? 4. What are the most common metrics that make for analytics-ready data? Exercise 12. Go to data.gov—a U.S. government–sponsored data portal that has a very large number of data sets on a wide variety of topics ranging from healthcare to education, climate to public safety. Pick a topic that you are most passionate about. Go through the topic- specific information and explanation provided on the site. Explore the possibilities of downloading the data, and use your favorite data visualization tool to create your own meaningful information and visualizations.

Submit your professional reflection essay.For additional details, please refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric and Professional Reflection Essay Guidelines documents.