Linux Feels Growing Pains

Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "As Linux enters the mainstream, adopters 'are demanding many features found on commercial software, including a large variety of add-on application programs and management tools that are easy to use,' the Wall Street Journal reports. 'How quickly open-source programs can narrow the gap with commercial software is a hotly debated topic in the computer industry. The transition may determine whether the technology will continue its momentum, or stall in the face of tougher competition at the heart of corporate computer networks.' Eric Singleton, chief information officer at retailer Tommy Hilfiger Corp., which recently switched its e-commerce site 'Tommy.com' from Linux to Microsoft software, calls Linux 'a great product,' but adds, 'it's got to get the final tier of reliability and predictability that I'm going to bet a multi-billion dollar corporation's future on.'"

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Well good!

[TCM]

As Linux enters the mainstream, adopters 'are demanding many features found on commercial software, including a large variety of add-on application programs and management tools that are easy to use,'

I can't wait to see their contributions. Oh wait, you mean they are just demanding and doing nothing?

Who cares what they demand then?

Re:Microsoft Reliability

[bigwavejas]

"Bye the way your post sucks and has nothing to do with reliability..."

You're wrong, I could reliably predict MS employees or suck-ups (much like yourself) would post as an Anonymous Coward. Grow a sack and take your down-mod like a man.