eChannelLine: Linux Misperceptions The Greatest Challenge: Novell | Linux Today

eChannelLine: Linux Misperceptions The Greatest Challenge: Novell

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 13, 2005

“Ross Chevalier, CIO and CTO for Novell Canada, said he would
expect Linux-owning SMB percentages to hit the 18 per cent mark by
the end of 2006. He agreed with AMI-Partners’ view that North
America lags behind Europe in terms of Linux adoption rates; he
said we’re about 12 months behind the times.

“However, Chevalier also disputed the IT consultancy’s assertion
that there is a dearth of applications slowing Linux adoption on
servers and desktops…”

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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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