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Linux Five Years Away From Mainstream
wellington wrote to mention a ZDNet blurb about a Gartner group study. Gartner indicates that 'mainstream' use of open source in IT environments may be 5 years away. From the article: "Gartner's latest Linux 'hype cycle' report shows that open source is halfway to maturity but warns the biggest test will be whether it can demonstrate the necessary performance and security to function as a data centre server for mission-critical applications. Leading-edge businesses are generally still in the early stages of Linux deployments but Gartner expects increased commercialisation and improved storage and systems management for the operating system by the end of 2005, with Linux being used primarily for WebSphere and infrastructure applications on mainframes and web services on blades and racks."
well better tell my mom, my dad, and my girlfriend they arent allowed to use it anymore
From what I can tell Gartner is full of idiots.
Does anyone remember back in 1999 or 2000 when they gave linux a 1 in 10 chance of making it out of the niche market?
Since then I've seen dozens of stupid or obvious Gartner predictions go by.
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its called apt-get jackass! try it out! If you want Linux that is grandma style easy, use ubuntu or maybe SuSe since they have YAST.