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Study Finds Linux 'Ready For Prime-time'

Posted by Zonk on from the linux-to-replace-24-when-season-resumes dept.

An anonymous reader tipped us to a Techworld article proclaiming Linux as the next big thing ... again. A study of IT directors, VPs and CIOs has concluded that within five years the open-source OS will be running more than half of all important business applications. From the article: "In short, open source, especially Linux, is being legitimized by the major enterprise vendors, and user executives are more than happy to believe them ... Microsoft's thawing toward Linux is now easier to understand when faced with such data - even as Windows continues to grow as the other main server platform of choice."

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  1. That's a bunch of crap. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux blows.

  2. How does it integrate with my Zune? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm with you, how on earth is Linux going to succeed if it doesn't work with my Zune? Zune is Microsoft's latest music player platform, and Linux doesn't support it. Who will use Linux if it doesn't support Zune? Nobody that's who.

    Sharepoint is already in version 3, and everyone uses it for, well...., whatever the fuck it does..., and does Linux support it? No. Pathetic, think of all the Linux users whose points go unshared!

  3. Re:I wonder. by mikelieman · · Score: 0, Troll

    Using REAL Computers is hard, so that just every idiot can't do it.

    The rest of you get a shitty windows box.

    Enjoy.

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