IANACIO, but I think a factor in thinking of the switch to Linux is simply the effort. Not even calculating the cost of man hours, it's simply something the companies don't want to deal with right now.
Think about this, in the tech sector almost every medium to large size company has experienced shrinkage and layoffs to trim their bottom line. Because of the loss of resources, namely skilled people, remaining staff have been flooded with more responsibilities. I think it's fair to say most IT departments are in a "Tread Water" mode, just keeping up with the maintenance.
Now that the tech sector has been forced to look for alternatives because of high priced software and low income, Linux becomes the obvious choice. As soon as companies start hiring again and job descriptions become shorter, staff will start devoting some spare time to Linux.
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IANACIO, but I think a factor in thinking of the switch to Linux is simply the effort. Not even calculating the cost of man hours, it's simply something the companies don't want to deal with right now.
Think about this, in the tech sector almost every medium to large size company has experienced shrinkage and layoffs to trim their bottom line. Because of the loss of resources, namely skilled people, remaining staff have been flooded with more responsibilities. I think it's fair to say most IT departments are in a "Tread Water" mode, just keeping up with the maintenance.
Now that the tech sector has been forced to look for alternatives because of high priced software and low income, Linux becomes the obvious choice. As soon as companies start hiring again and job descriptions become shorter, staff will start devoting some spare time to Linux.