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The Linux Uprising

Posted by michael on from the when-penguins-attack dept.

ballpoint writes "Business Week is featuring a list of articles under the header 'The Linux Uprising' including topics like 'Red Flags for Red Hat' and 'A Bad, Sad Hollywood Ending?' touching everything dear to the Slashdot community. A good read to align yourself with what mainstream businesspeople are fed."

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  1. Re:Quick! by cheezedawg · · Score: 4, Informative

    AMD's delay of Athlon64 has little to do with Microsoft, and is more about AMD's problems with SOI and inability to scale the clock speed.

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  2. Re:Chips for linux? by Skyshadow · · Score: 4, Informative
    I think that particular error provides you with a fairly accurate yardstick with which to judge the rest of the reporting in the articles.

    IMO, you have to be pretty close to any given industry to really understand it and even closer to try and draw conclusions as to what the future looks like. There's no way that you can get that close to more than one or two industries, so turning out an insightful article about a new industry for a magazine each month is a bit of a joke. So, these reporters are left looking at the tea leaves of the businesses they're reporting on -- the profit numbers, the growth rate, etc.

    The more important data is beyond their grasp. For instance, I know that the advanced server and subscription update models are good because, even though I'm an old-school linux guy, I use them and find them valuable, esp. if my company's paying for them. I know that when I look on the desktops of the people who are making buying recommendations, I'm seeng Red Hat systems running as desktops. I know that in meetings, we make buying decisions for products based partly on how they support Linux.

    None of this is available to these guys, which is why in the long term their advice in this (as well as many other) catagories is essentially worthless -- all they can do is point out the obvious, like "not making phone companies share will hurt DSL companies dependant on that sharing"... Gee, thanks.

    Besides, if you knew how to play the market with any great degree of proficiancy, would you waste your time publishing a magazine?

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  3. Re:the gist is... by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Informative
    they don't know what they're talking about, again.

    Here's one stupid quote...

    Before using open-source software, tech companies must sign a license in which they promise to give away innovations they build on top of it.

    I guess they should have a sit-down with RMS first...