“IBM executives on Friday reiterated their support for the Linux
operating system in the server market, but said the company is
taking a “wait-and-see” attitude when it comes to pushing
Linux-based desktop applications.”
“The limiting factor for Linux breaking into desktop area right
now is simply the lack of available applications written for the
operating system, Occleshaw said.”
“‘No one runs large, million-hits-per-day Web sites on Linux,’
Occleshaw said, adding that IBM would still recommend its AIX
Unix-based server to customers that wanted to run large, serious
enterprise applications.”