“The coming year will be vital for the future of Linux, as
corporate executives decide whether to make serious commitments to
the open-source operating system, a panelist at the LinuxWorld
Conference said on Tuesday.
“Many companies have been flirting with adopting Linux, often
using the operating system in small-scale pilot projects, but now
company engineers are asking for a bigger commitment to deploy the
operating system, says Greg Weiss, an analyst at D.H. Brown
Associates.
“Large [system makers] are showing some support for Linux,” said
Weiss during a panel discussion called “Working Together: The Linux
and Business Communities.” “They are experimenting with the market,
testing and seeing what happens,” he added.
“Over the next year, if they can go back to management and say,
‘See, [Linux] helped us get the bugs out,’ upper management will be
more receptive,” Weiss said.”