Silicon.com: Gartner: Linux ‘Five Years Away from Mainstream’ Use

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 8, 2005

“Open source is still up to five years away from mainstream use
in enterprise IT infrastructures, despite the progress made in the
commercialisation of the platform, according to analyst
Gartner.

“Gartner’s latest Linux ‘hype cycle’ report shows that open
source is halfway to maturity but warns the biggest test will be
whether it can demonstrate the necessary performance and security
to function as a data centre server for mission-critical
applications…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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