[ Thanks to Pam Derringer for
this link. ]
“In a recent Ubuntu global user survey, nearly a third
of the respondents worked for companies with 10 or fewer employees
and only 28% worked in the U.S. (compared to 55% from Europe). And
the overwhelming majority are using it for basic functions like
Web, print and file, database and backup servers, with only a small
minority using it for advanced tasks like virtualization or cluster
computing. (The low usage for the latter mirror the findings for
Linux as a whole in a TechTarget data center survey last year.) The
most prevalent Ubuntu industry sectors, unsurprisingly, were
technology and education.“On the plus side, most of the respondents said they are
entrusting mission critical functions to Ubuntu and will be adding
more Ubuntu servers in the future. They also consider Ubuntu a good
platform for cloud computing, although they aren’t ready to venture
into it just yet. In addition, although the largest percentage of
Ubuntu users work for very small companies, the next largest
segment — 16% — work for medium-sized firms with 101 to 500
employees, a size likely to require advanced server
capabilities.”