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Gartner Predicts Linux Gains In 2005

Posted by timothy on from the fickle-like-the-wind dept.

An anonymous reader submits "According to news in The Australian, Gartner research is predicting big gains for Linux from Microsoft in 2005, including desktop adoption in the public sector and banks. In fact, Gartner is also predicting that '40 percent of large financial services organizations will have deployed Linux' by 2005. Seems a little optimistic to me, but it is better than predictions the other way!"

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  1. Large financials by danpat · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've done some contract work at some of these in .au, and yes, lots of them are indeed hoping to deploy Linux soon (some have already, but lots (particularly the larger ones) havent). Some might say they're a bit behind the wave, but some of these places are terribly ponderous.

    Some big corps are taking a clear "wait-and-see" approach to the SCO litigation, and won't commit themselves until it's all cleared up and won't cause them any trouble.