LinuxPlanet: The Yin and Yang of Open Source Commerce, Part 3

“Had Linux companies better focused their efforts on the SMB/SME
market, the operating system market share picture would look far
more rosy for Linux and OSS than it does today. There is some
suggestion in what we have seen so far that Linux has performed
well despite the efforts of the Linux vendors. It is as if the
market has made a run for Linux, in spite of the lack of market
presence by Linux vendors. It would further appear that most of
this has happened outside of the enterprise market space that was
at the center of the quest to prove that Linux is enterprise
ready–whatever that means!

“Linux has become a most stable and compelling technical product
and platform, as is evidenced by the exceptional rate of adoption.
The rate of Linux adoption does not show any signs of slowing down.
It is astounding that despite the fact that Linux is more difficult
to deploy than a comparable Microsoft Windows product, clearly
customers have hankered after it. It is a fact that there is a huge
market opportunity in the SMB space that is begging for an
alternative solution to the one they are using right now…”

Complete
Story