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.'"

Comments

Microsoft Reliability

[bigwavejas]

'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.'

Good point Eric, with MS you're almost guaranteed to get hacked. Now THAT's predictability!

Buying the press

[merky1]

After reading it, the article could have been summarized as this...

Microsoft good... linux bad. Really, trust us... we're as independent as your checkbook needs us to be.

Re:Heck yeah

[PlacidPundit]

Perhaps Mr. Singleton has been unable to find talented SysAdmins and Devs to maintain his systems and write his code?

My personal guess is that Mr. Singleton was fully able to cash a check from Redmond though.