“The open-source nature of the Linux OS… could stymie
developers in their attempts to make the OS suitable for enterprise
use, according to a study released Monday.”
“D.H. Brown Associates compared… Red Hat Software’s Linux 5.2
and Caldera’s Open Linux 2.2 to six “conventionally developed”
operating systems: IBM’s AIX, Compaq’s Tru64 Unix,
Hewlett-Packard’s HP-UX, Silicon Graphics’ Irix, Sun Microsystems’
Solaris 7, and Microsoft’s Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise
Edition.”
“The consultancy performed head-to-head functional
comparisons…, rating support of more than 100 items related to
scalability; reliability, availability and serviceability; Internet
functions; system management; distributed enterprise services; and
PC client support.”
“… D.H. Brown Associates … found that… Linux… lag[s] the
leading conventionally developed operating systems…”
“… D.H. Brown “hesitates” to recommend Linux for the
enterprise…”