“You’ve heard the scenario before: company X gets wind
of this thing called Linux. Does a little research, gets some data
together, and then takes the plunge and does a trial Linux
deployment.“If the company is big enough, they may send out a little press
announcement, or maybe their Linux vendor will. A little press
about a Linux deployment still makes the headlines, after all.“If the company is really big enough, you can bet that there’ll
be press about the deployment. Recent examples include such diverse
organizations as Atari, Czech Post, and the Mississippi State
Police. Usually there’s a really big Linux or open source vendor
pushing the announcement as well: Red Hat, IBM, and Oracle are
particularly good at this kind of thing…”