“Expected mergers, new players will have big impact on OS in
the enterprise.”
“As much as Linux has matured in the past year, the next 12
months should bring even greater changes to the market supporting
the open-source operating system.”
“The changes, for the most part, are likely to be good news for
enterprise customers deploying Linux. An expected consolidation in
the market, for example, will result in fewer distributors of the
operating system.”
“The market is equipped to handle only two or three major
distributions, not four or five,” said Larry Augustin, CEO of
hardware vendor VA Linux Inc., in Sunnyvale, Calif.”