News.com.au: Australia Lags in Enterprise Linux: IBM

“Linux is slowly gaining momentum in the enterprise, but its
progress in Australia is lagging relative to other Asia-Pacific
countries.

“Officials from IBM, which has been one of the strongest
supporters of the corporate Linux movement, admit that the open
source OS hasn’t proved as much of a hit with Australian businesses
as it has elsewhere in the region.

“‘Linux is very well accepted in China, India and Korea, and
actually is quite strong in Japan. And Korea always goes into the
most advanced technology before anyone else,’ Denis Yip, director
of the Asia-Pacific eServer iSeries unit, said at the company’s
iSeries Strategic Planning Conference in Queensland. ‘These are the
countries in the Asia-Pacific region where we see more Linux
momentum…'”

Complete Story