“The demand for Unix in Melbourne, Australia is on the move
upwards. Over the last 12 months the market has started to witness
a distinct growth in the need for Unix across the board, with Linux
and FreeBSD featuring heavily. According to Gottleibsen Research,
the researchers behind the Icon IT Trend Index 2000 – an index that
analyses performance of skills, current salaries advertised, growth
trends of all IT skills, contract timeframes and graduate
information – the demand for Linux based skills over the last 12
months has experienced an incredible 225% growth on the previous
year (1999)….”
“Users, programmers and operators see the coming into the
market of Linux and the other FreeBSD flavours as a good thing, as
they help demystify UNIX, meaning more people will look into using
UNIX….“
“Another highly valued feature is the way freeware shrinks and
makes scaling for increased traffic less expensive. This rich
feature begs the question: is it any wonder that Internet sites,
especially ISPs are rushing to it? Of course they are, especially
when you imagine the huge cost savings with the reduction in the
hardware costs as the transaction loading scales up. In short,
Internet sites are attracted to freeware because it saves them the
hassle of upgrading the hardware quite so often.”