:Windows TechEdge: Linux to grow mainly in server market
Windows TechEdge: Linux to grow mainly in server market Jul 4, 1999, 08 :18 UTC (16 Talkback[s]) (4679 reads) (Other stories by Jack McCarthy)
"Linux will have most success in the near term running servers for small
and mid-sized companies, but it's not ready to become the leading operating
system for large companies, nor will it supplant Microsoft Corp.'s Windows
OS, analysts said at the Open Source Forum..."
"I'm confident there is a growth path for the Linux operating
environment in server-scale applications, for Internet appliances, gaming
devices, and for embedded computing such as Palm Pilots," Peterson said."
"... possible dissatisfaction with Microsoft's planned release of Windows
2000 could convince some IT managers to switch to Linux, said Jim Johnson,
president of the Standish Group.
""Nothing will slow down Microsoft except Microsoft," he said."
