LinuxPR: New Enterprise Developer Survey Released

"Windows 2000 Faces Long Adoption Delays, Linux looms stronger."

"Evans Marketing Services (EMS) announced today that the Winter Volume of its Enterprise Development Management Issues survey series is now available. Plaform migration is one of several continuing sections in the ongoing survey series, and this issue spotlighted slight adoption plans for Windows 2K in corporate America.

"We've known for the last year that corporate America is taking a wait-and-see attitude towards Windows 2000," said Janel Garvin, VP Reserach, "but the fact that well over half have no plans to write apps for Windows 2000 until 2001 or later and that a large percent of NT users plan never to migrate starts to look like a sea change. At the same time, support for Linux and Open Source Software is significantly stronger than six months ago and showing signs of growing fast."

"The in-depth phone survey, conducted in December 1999 examines attitudes, usage patterns, and intentions of over 400 development or IT managers in positions of responsibility at corporations with more than 2000 employees.

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