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Linux: Who Got it Right, Who Got It Very Wrong?
May 15, 2008, 16 :30 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (5415 reads)

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"Analysts picked up on the possibilities of open source pretty early on, particularly its ability to unify the long-fragmented Unix market around a single, consistent platform. The persistent incompatibilities between Unix distributions, each of which had been used by vendors to preserve their enterprise market share, led to great enthusiasm for Linux as an alternative, which was both open and far more consistent.

"Back in 2000, Forrester Research pegged the Linux market--based on server revenues-- at US$1.5 billion, to grow to US$2.5 billion in 2002 and US$15 billion in 2007. A 2002 Giga Information Group report was entitled 'Linux has gone mainstream: are you up to it?' and predicted Linux would overtake Windows as the leading operating system on new

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They're still counting only OEM sale ...   same bogus numbers, different day   
Carla Schroder
May 15, 2008, 18:21:00
 
Intuitively and anecdotally, far more fr ...   Very True--misses a lot   
Matthew C. Tedder
May 15, 2008, 19:36:43
 
Linux costs 1/3 as much as any other sol ...   Those sales percentages are in dollar amounts   
Jimmy the Geek
May 15, 2008, 21:54:14
 
Linux is like an underground movement. P ...   Underground movement   
philc
May 16, 2008, 02:52:37
 
ZDNet is notorious for its overwhelming  ...   Self serving article   
GreyGeek
May 16, 2008, 17:15:48
 
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