ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Can Tux and Clippy Get Along?

“‘Mainstream Linux deployments are on a steep upward trajectory.
Although they will not replace Windows, co-existence will be the
order of the day,’ says Laura DiDio, an analyst with Boston-based
Yankee Group.

“Nearly two-thirds of enterprises that run Windows as their
primary server operating system also running Linux, according the
results of a Yankee Group survey.

“Sure, pure Linux and Unix data centers are out there, but
they’re not providing the ‘upward trajectory’ of Linux. And now
that the ‘is Linux ready for the enterprise?’ argument has been
pretty much retired, the question is, ‘are enterprises ready for
Linux…?'”

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