Sharpe, Richard said: > Hi > > I was wondering if anyone on the list knows of any statistics that > show LINUX's growth as a server VS Micro$oft Windows. My VP who is a rare > management type (he really does do some thinking) wants to push to get > LINUX as our default server configuration, but is having trouble with the > brain washed executive staff that is true to the mighty Microsoft > monopoly. I would appreciate any information.
A day or two ago I saw a stat that I found interesting, the reporter said that 1 out of every 2 cents spent in IT goes to IBM(in some form or another). IBM has nearly triple the quarterly revenue as MS($20 billion vs $7.84 billion, figures accurate as of this week for Q1 2003), and is a big linux proponent, and I would be willing to bet has a lot of pull with such brain washed executive staff, I think they would be happy to come out and convince them :) http://www-1.ibm.com/linux/ I could quote a thousand news articles about people switching but for the bigwigs, the "big name" of "IBM" should suffice in most cases. I have never used an IBM system(server at least) with their linux solutions but I hear they are pretty decent. HP/Compaq is somewhat similar though some of the management at that company really hate unix/linux and love MS, so IBM would be my first choice. nate
