Comments on: If Linux server adoption is slowing, then my name is Steve Ballmer

By: You BS

You BS — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:25:32 +0000

Since I work for them as a Systems Administrator, I usually take UBS’s “surveys” with a grain or two of salt. UBS is heavily invested in Windows, to the point where their infrastructure is held hostage by Microsoft: All the internal websites need IE to work correctly, every employee *must* have a Windows PC to use company resources, etc.

In addition, they themselves are using more and more linux in the data center.

CIOs (and such a small sample set at that) make a less-than-perfect group to research. Many of them have little clue as to what their company is really operating on, and few do any day-to-day purchasing or implementation. I trust my own research: I talk to other SAs around the world, in big companies, small companies, government, and eduction. As far as I can tell, UNIX and Linux adoption is on the rise, not the decline.

By: Danby

Danby — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:38:30 +0000

The slowing growth rate is only among enterprises that have no Linux now. These at 20% are rare birds indeed and many will be Linux-free for stategic (Windows software houses, DRM dependent media companies, Microsoft reseller, etc) and some will be so because of an irrational prejudice against open-source software.

If Linux were present in 99% of the companies surveyed, these people would headline it as “Linux Growth Decreases To 0%”

By: Anthony Lawrence

Anthony Lawrence — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:13:13 +0000

Shouldn’t it all be looked at in terms of the services supplied? If we looked at services, the server market is surely growing: servers are doing more things for more users than ever before. How does Linux fit into THAT picture? In other words, are Linux servers doing more work overall than Gates powered boxes? Probably so: many Windows servers are single function machines.

Speaking of Gates powered boxes, how many of those are bought with a minimum Windows OS which is replaced by Unix or Linux before being installed? Those get reported as Windows sales, which of course they are, but the Windows gets tossed before the machines sees its first network packet, so the shrinking Unix market or the growing Linux market should have gotten credit for those sales.

By: osViews | osOpinion

osViews | osOpinion — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:39:42 +0000

If Linux Server Adoption is Slowing, Then My Name is Steve Ballmer

Linux adoption in the enterprise is slowing down? Not so fast says one analyst firm, which took a closer look at a report that showed Linux adoption slowing from the significant growth rates of the past few years. In early September, global financial fir