“What happens after the curtain finally falls on the year 2000
debate on Jan. 1? When will Windows 2000 finally rejuvenate the
market? And will some version of Linux ever become a truly viable
enterprise operating system?”
“Other areas of research Gartner has studied and will bring up
for debate this week include knowledge management technology;
Windows 2000 and Microsoft technology vs. Java-based technology;
and the emergence of the Linux operating system in the
enterprise.”
“I think what [CIOs] will be looking for is what sort of
adoption the larger ISVs are taking with this as an operating
system,” Changepoint’s Smith said. “I don’t think they are
looking to buy systems built [on Linux],” Smith added. “They are
just testing the water and seeing if people are investing in this
in a serious capacity.“