“It’s easy to get overzealous about the potential of open
source software these days, but even some of the technology’s
biggest proponents last week said they expect the software to make
steady rather than sweeping gains in enterprise
networks….“
“MIS directors, by their job description, are conservative,
because their primary mission is not to screw up,” Young said. “If
they find a solution that saves their company some money, that’s a
small win. If they screw up, it’s exponentially a much larger
loss….”
“Linux is very stable and can stay up for a long period of time,
but it is also still very hard to administer,” he said. “It still
takes a long time to do some tasks, like expand the file system.
That can involve a lot of downtime that many businesses would find
unacceptable.”