Server Makers Push Linux

Rob writes "The bi-annual LinuxWorld trade show is under way this week in San Francisco, and once again the major platform makers are swearing their fealty to Linux and trying to figure out any angle they can to use Linux as a lever to wrest sales away from their competition and money out of their customer bases. The Linux market has largely proven itself (even if it is still dwarfed by Windows and Unix), and now the major server makers are getting down to the brass tacks of marketing as well as broadening and deepening their support of Linux on their platforms." Also FYI, I will be attending the Slashdot BOF session on Wednesday and answering questions. I'm hoping to be able to show people a good demo of Slashdot in CSS!

Comments

server os

[Anonymous Coward]

do you think linux will be the main server OS in the next few years?

Re:Servers Might give Linux the Edge

[Spellbinder]

you think
your grandmother has to learn the things she wants to do anyway
and it is not harder to write a letter or email and to surf the web with linux than with windows
it might be a bit of trouble to install but i don't think your grandma will install windows by her self
but a windows sysadmin comes with his windows knowledge and thinks he knows how things are supposed to work
he may be able to learn or not
but it is not easy to bring a company with windows to use linux if they had to hire additional peoples which know linux

It's about time

[thatedeguy]

With the reliability and up-time of UNIX servers and the usability of Linux, it was only a matter of time before this happened and I for one am glad it did.