its pretty much common knowledge that gartner are far from being a neutral voice - despite the fact that they pretend to represent themselves as exactly that. they have a number of unsubstanted bias towards particular companies. they are renowned for being pro microsoft.
so think about it. they downplay the linux penetration. it managers who are considering migrating to linux see the gartner figures. think - oh god! no way i'm moving to linux. and then they go out and buy windows 2000 which, admittidly is quite a good product. then they will probably service pack 1 their installation because they think they know better and watch as their sockets start randomly closing on them and their memory disapears into some big black hole. i suppose there is always service pack 2 - but yeah, right!
just taken a look at the URL referenced in the original slash announcement with regards to the license change: http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html
and, i don't know about you, but surely this statement:
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided that this notice is preserved and due credit is given to the original author and the contributors.
DOES NOT IMPLY this statement:
+ * Yes, this means that derivitive or modified works are not permitted without the author's prior consent.
i think darren reed needs to get a little freshair.net!
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its pretty much common knowledge that gartner are far from being a neutral voice - despite the fact that they pretend to represent themselves as exactly that. they have a number of unsubstanted bias towards particular companies. they are renowned for being pro microsoft. so think about it. they downplay the linux penetration. it managers who are considering migrating to linux see the gartner figures. think - oh god! no way i'm moving to linux. and then they go out and buy windows 2000 which, admittidly is quite a good product. then they will probably service pack 1 their installation because they think they know better and watch as their sockets start randomly closing on them and their memory disapears into some big black hole. i suppose there is always service pack 2 - but yeah, right!
just taken a look at the URL referenced in the original slash announcement with regards to the license change: http://false.net/ipfilter/2001_05/0332.html
and, i don't know about you, but surely this statement:
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided that this notice is preserved and due credit is given to the original author and the contributors.
DOES NOT IMPLY this statement:
+ * Yes, this means that derivitive or modified works are not permitted without the author's prior consent.
i think darren reed needs to get a little freshair.net!