[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“Enterprises have leapt all the barriers to Linux adoption in
the data center and are focusing on practicalities, according to
Linuxcare Inc. CEO Avery Lyford. Lyford, a speaker at this week’s
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, said that enterprises finally
began deploying Linux this year after running pilot programs last
year. It’s been a stark evolution since 2001, when enterprises were
gun-shy about Linux. In this interview, Lyford offers some answers
to this year’s top question as he discusses how to make Linux work
in the data center.“Today, what are the perceived and real barriers to
deploying Linux in the data center?“Lyford: In 1998, Linuxcare started out by
saying, ‘The big obstacle to Linux adoption is support.’ Then, we
ended up doing a bunch of work for OEMs, like IBM and HP. Now,
commercial companies have gotten on board with supporting their
Linux customers and [saying] that Linux is an equal, if not more
equal OS to Windows or Solaris or HP-UX or AIX. So we’re past that
old obstacle…”