“Consider this: In the summer of 1998, an InformationWeek
Research study showed only 3% of IT managers planned to deploy
Linux in a significant way. Early in 1999, 14% were using it. But
according to our December survey, 26% of companies say they use
it-and another 11% of the 300 IT managers surveyed say they plan to
deploy it within the next year.”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such passion and
excitement, and, quite frankly, zealotry for a
technology-conferences, training courses, books, Web sites,
user-group meetings, bumper stickers. Such devotion and
fanfare doesn’t necessarily lead to success-I remember something
similar with OS/2. But the somewhat fraternal, grassroots Linux
movement is now a business technology to be reckoned with.”
“The support by big-name technology vendors-including IBM,
Intel, and Oracle-has caused high-level IT managers to take notice.
Maybe these vendors are simply hedging their bets, but there are
some significant dollars and brainpower being poured into their
Linux strategies.”
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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