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Businesses Slow to Adopt Linux

Posted by michael on from the penguin-and-the-hare dept.

milenko81 and several others submitted this CNET story about corporate spending on information technology. The reporter seems to interpret it negatively because Fortune 1000 companies aren't dumping Microsoft 100% and going for Linux. But interpret it as you will.

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  1. Penguins are braying! by recursiv · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    This just in from CNET: Linux penguins are braying louder, but companies don't plan to adopt many of them in the near future.

    I fear CNET has fallen victim to a clever trojan in the style of the original Trojan Horse. Those can't be real penguins because real linux penguins don't make donkey noises!

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    I used to bulls-eye womp-rats in my pants
  2. Linux...virtually not registering on our survey by update() · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    The reporter seems to interpret it negatively because Fortune 1000 companies aren't dumping Microsoft 100% and going for Linux.

    That's certainly a positive spin to put on "...wrote Goldman Sachs analysts Rick Sherlund and Laura Conigliaro. The results brought "some surprises from our IT managers, with Linux...virtually not registering on our survey."

    The spin from LinuxToday posters (who tend to be dumber and more zealous than the typical Slashdot +1 poster) is "Of course there isn't much spending on Linux! It's free!" That seems really unlikely to me -- I don't think the question asked was what percentage of your budget is going to software licenses.

    I'd offer my own theory, but without seeing the report, it's impossible to say anything meaningful, and what do I know about corportae IT anyway?