[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“In visiting your Linux customers during your first 100
days in office, what observations can you take away about Linux in
the enterprise?“Stallings: I wanted to visit with 100
customers before I get too deep into the business. I want to hear
the needs of Linux users. I am stunned by the velocity of Linux
traction. Most of our largest accounts and biggest customers have a
Linux strategy. Linux is a very aggressive tool to cut costs and
simplify business. Companies are being aggressive moving file,
print and e-mail services to Linux on Intel. Those workloads work
well, Linux is very reliable there. Customers are also gaining
confidence on a security level. The velocity of Linux adoption is
extraordinary. There are no customers who are not either
evaluating, piloting or using Linux in production.“What kind of feedback are you hearing from
customers?“Stallings: What they all want to know now as
they move out those defined workloads [file, print and e-mail
serving] is how they can get to using Linux as a database server
and for take-outs of Unix. I think Web serving applications will be
the next concentric circle Linux moves into. ERP, CRM and other
mission-critical applications are also being piloted and are moving
over…”