Linux has won?

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Aron Schatz

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Linux has won?

Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:19:10 AM #27000 Perm Link

http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=837

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A new IBM-sponsored study on Linux sent me by Joe McKendrick, our SOA expert, goes a long way toward explaining the big Oracle and Microsoft moves regarding Linux.

The war is over and Linux won. (The original Linux penguin was created by Larry Ewing. This particular bird lives at the LWN Penguin Gallery.)

The truth of the assertion is in a chart near the back of the report. It shows that 83% of companies expect to support new workloads on Linux next year, against 23% for Windows. The move is slower for larger enterprises, but the direction is clear.

I don't know about this. Yes, in the server world... but that doesn't mean much without the desktop. Slap on the Aqua GUI to Linux and now you have something.

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Thefremen

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Re: Linux has won?

Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:44:58 AM #27013 Perm Link

In response to Aron Schatz #27000

Well, considering PS3 uses Linux I'd say it's pretty popular.

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Aron Schatz

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Re[2]: Linux has won?

Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:36:25 AM #27031 Perm Link

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You're assuming that the PS3 will be popular.

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Tornado

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Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:24:46 AM #27050 Perm Link

I'm figuring that is a safe assumption to make (at the very least it will take Microsofts "definitive" 150,000 unit lead in Japan). Besides, even though it failed, it was also on the PS2 briefly.

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Thefremen

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Re[3]: Linux has won?

Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:45:44 AM #27134 Perm Link

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Once it has the third or fourth hardware revision and the price is a reasonable $300-$400 I think it'll sell like crazy.

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