On Wed, 13 Oct 2027, you wrote:
> I'm studying for my Cisco CCIE certification. As a network administrator I haven't
>stayed up with the progress of Linux in the Internet world, but 80% of the
>routing/switching market for the Internet is Cisco. Up until the last year or so,
>Solaris was also considered to have about 70-80% of the Server market share as well.
>I really want to strategically place myself in the Internet community. I know NT
>very well and have some hands on with Digital Unix and Solaris. However, it's much
>easier to take two of my x86 boxes and my two Alphas and build a Linux farm, thus
>pushing Linux to the max by getting hands on experience. My only concern is the
>seriousness of Linux in the Commerce/Business world of the Internet. Are companies
>like Broadcast.com, CDNow, iD, etc. going to seriously consider Linux as an option?
>Or is it the poor mans server OS?
>
> Mark
>
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Please lose the HTML. It doesn't look pretty under most
non-html mail readers (like mine) and the type is WAY too
small to read easily, AND it doesn't wrap well! :-(
That being said, there is more and more support for Linux
out there in the "real" world. Here at the ISP where I
work, most of our machines (including my tech support box)
run linux (I dual-boot Linux and Win98.) Idsoftware is
shipping a Linux and Mac version of Quake3 at the same time
as they ship the Windows version. If they support it, you
can bet they see a significant market share for Linux.
John
