[ Thanks to Dariusz
Zelichowski for this link. ]
“Linux does not belong in the enterprise. It is immature,
primitive, and puts too much power into the hands of software
developers. Besides, the people who espouse Linux use
unprofessional language to defend the operating system’s business
benefits, and people like that do not belong in an enterprise
setting.“That is the upshot of a recent editorial by Rob Enderle, a
respected research fellow for Forrester Research, who made his
comments ‘not to get people to stop using Linux but to really think
through the decision, and if they decide to deploy the platform, be
better prepared to defend it and protect themselves and their
company.’“Enderle’s criticism of Linux set off a firestorm of protest on
Internet message boards, many noting that he did not base his
arguments on technical points but on ‘fuzzy’ issues, such as the
risk surrounding the intellectual property suit brought by SCO and
the foul language used by Linux supporters…”
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