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Linux Now 25% of Dell's Server Business
Sam Haine '95 writes to mention a ZDNet article discussing Linux's place in the server market, at least for Dell Computers. Linux now makes up over 25% of the company's server business, and has become such a standard that they only need to confer with Red Hat for some 10% of service calls. From the article: "Linux and open source have been a blessing for Dell as it has struggled to make an impression, other than as a desktop and laptop supplier, in enterprise computing, According to Martin Hingley, vice-president of the European Systems Group at analysts IDC, part of the problem for Dell in the enterprise is that 'people don't like partnering with Dell.'"
The original post said that Linux was 25% of Dell's server business, but the TFA said it was 25% of Dell's Enterprise business. There's a big difference there. Enterprise business also include high-end workstations, and server business also include small-business servers and such.
We moved from Solaris 8 on E420R and Netra T105's to Debian Sarge on Dell 2850 and 1850's. Sarge installed without a hitch on these machines (granted I'm using the default 2.4 sarge kernels and not the 2.6 addon kernels) and most/all have been up without a failure/restart for nearly a year now.