Linux Today: Linux News On Internet Time.
Search Linux Today
Linux News Sections: Blog - Developer - High Performance - Infrastructure - IT Management - Security - Storage -
Linux Today Navigation
LT Home
Preferences
Contribute
Link to Us
Search
Linux Jobs

Linux Today
Enterprise Linux Today
Apache Today
JustLinux.com
Linux Planet
PHPBuilder
All Linux Devices
Technology Jobs

JustTechJobs.com

LinuxToday Newsletters
Server Daily
IT Management Daily
Subscribe News
Subscribe PR
Subscribe Security

internet.com
Internet News
Small Business

Advertise
Newsletters
Tech Jobs
E-mail Offers

 






Current Newswire:

Tech Comics: "Groundhog Day"

Want a Job? Learn Linux

PC-BSD 9 review – to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian

Time to dispel open source myths, says Liam Maxwell

SECURITY: Nmap Inside and Out

Eight features Windows 8 'borrowed' from Linux

Malware devs embrace open-source

A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Raspberry Pi benchmarked against Beagleboard, low price is long term

20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try



Applications Management Engineer Sr (NYC)
Next Step Systems
US-NY-New York

Justtechjobs.com Post A Job | Post A Resume
:CNET News/Forrester: Commentary: Linux on the Desktop
CNET News/Forrester: Commentary: Linux on the Desktop
Nov 11, 2004, 04 :00 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (6176 reads)
(Other stories by Simon Yates)

"In June, Forrester surveyed 146 IT managers responsible for enterprise PC procurement, management and support to learn about their PC hardware and client operating system strategies...

"More than half of the companies we surveyed will not replace any Windows-based systems with Linux, but for those that do, lower costs are the prime motivator..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:
Techworld: Linux Not Ready for Mass Market(Oct 29, 2004)
LinuxInsider: Linux Takes Microsoft Rivalry to the Desktop(Oct 12, 2004)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: Desktop Apps Ripe Turf for Open Source(Oct 04, 2004)
ChannelInsider: Open-Source, Proprietary Systems Can Work Together(Sep 29, 2004)


Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat  
  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
60+ members of the OSDL just want to use ...   Bunch-a-BS   
GH
Nov 11, 2004, 04:27:50  
More than half of the companies we surv ...   Confusing article   
GreyGeek
Nov 11, 2004, 05:00:49  
They found that about half the organizat ...   Talk about spin...   
Chris Nelson
Nov 11, 2004, 06:31:27  
I'm sure the Linux community is happ ...   Happy to only take half of M$ business   
Joe User
Nov 11, 2004, 08:48:47  
More than half of the companies we surve ...   Half full or half empty?   
Lars Erlandsen
Nov 11, 2004, 09:59:45  
So 50% what tu use GNU/Linux on the desk ...   half empty half full   
wouha
Nov 11, 2004, 11:38:30  
They'll have to, or else competitors ...   Re: half empty half full   
Gabe
Nov 11, 2004, 13:51:09  
An article devoid of any information. I ...   Re: Re: half empty half full   
Beast
Nov 11, 2004, 17:24:27  
> stick with Windows XP through 2011Good ...   Re: Half full or half empty?   
R.L.
Nov 11, 2004, 19:04:36  
  Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page  



Enter your comments below:

* Your Name:

* Your Email Address:

* Subject:

CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address]

* Comments:

Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content.

Fields marked with * are required!

..............................




All times are recorded in UTC.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Powered by Linux, Apache and PHP