I don't believe that the press should continue to say whether Linux will win over Microsoft or hurt them. Both are good operating systems (shhh...Linux is better) but it will be the software that is available to the operating systems that may turn the tides.
Right now, MSFT wins in the desktop space because you can go into any store, buy software, and it will work in Windows. However, in the server space, MSFT doesn't have that many good products. Besides products like SQL and ISA, the other server apps are really behind the times. CMS, Project Server, SharePoint - yeish. The open-source counterparts blow them away.
I think organizations will begin to see that it won't be an OS war but organizations will want to use products like MySQL in which they can clearly save money and have high ROI.
Bottem line: I feel it's not MSFT vs. Linux it is MSFT vs. open-source. Which is a battle they will not win.
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I don't believe that the press should continue to say whether Linux will win over Microsoft or hurt them. Both are good operating systems (shhh...Linux is better) but it will be the software that is available to the operating systems that may turn the tides. Right now, MSFT wins in the desktop space because you can go into any store, buy software, and it will work in Windows. However, in the server space, MSFT doesn't have that many good products. Besides products like SQL and ISA, the other server apps are really behind the times. CMS, Project Server, SharePoint - yeish. The open-source counterparts blow them away. I think organizations will begin to see that it won't be an OS war but organizations will want to use products like MySQL in which they can clearly save money and have high ROI. Bottem line: I feel it's not MSFT vs. Linux it is MSFT vs. open-source. Which is a battle they will not win.