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Linux Five Years Away From Mainstream

Posted by Zonk on from the isn't-it-already-mainstream? dept.

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."

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  1. How many times... by mpathetiq · · Score: 4, Funny

    Must we hear the same spiel before it becomes the truth?
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  2. In other news... by C3ntaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gartner Group was reported to be five years away from becoming a credible news source for the IT industry.

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  3. Re:Nuclear Fusion by adarn · · Score: 5, Funny

    holy shit, an intelligent first post.

  4. Only 5 more? by spooje · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hasn't Linux for the desktop been 5 years away for the last 10 years?

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  5. 2015 called... by RichardX · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..they want their article back.
    Maybe John Titor can help.

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  6. Re:Nuclear Fusion by b1t+r0t · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yeap, use FreeBSD. Problem solved, except of course you still have to figure out which desktop environ to run :)

    I hear there's this really nice one called "Aqua". They're even porting it to other architectures now.

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