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SearchEnterpriseLinux: LinuxWorld: Options for Linux Growth Exist Beyond the Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 17, 2005

[ Thanks to Mark
Brunelli
for this link. ]

The HP keynote centered on many of the issues that
users already associated with Linux. What’s the real story here,
where can Linux grow now that’s it well established in the
enterprise?

Gordon Haff: Certainly Linux and open source
is maturing at some level at the enterprise level, but from
LinuxWorld to LinuxWorld there is a lot less that is a big
surprise; that is radically new and different. There used to be
similar trends with conferences about Unix servers every six
months, but what was the really big news there? In the end the
answer was there was not a huge amount at the macro scale;
obviously there were new releases for products, but the big picture
rarely changes…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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