ZDNet: Study: Developers Wary of Linux

"North American programmers less likely to use open-source OS."

"48 percent of North American developers would not use Linux for mission-critical applications. Just over one-third of the respondents said they would "probably" or "absolutely" use Linux for mission-critical apps."

"According to the North American survey, intranet or Web app developers are most gung-ho on Linux, with over half saying they would deploy mission-critical apps on the open-source OS. At the other end of the spectrum, developers of enterprise-wide corporate apps expressed the least confidence in Linux."

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