On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 23:52, John Hebert wrote: > This raises an interesting question: when do we say Linux has arrived and > will not go away? I think it has happened. > > http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/03_09/B382203linux.htm > > -- > John Hebert > System Engineer > I T Group, Inc. http://www.it-group.com
There were a few parts of that story that glared out at me; "Coming from near zero three years ago, it has grabbed 13.7% of the $50.9 billion market for server computers. That figure is expected to jump to 25.2% in 2006, putting Linux in the No. 2 position, according to market researcher IDC." I think this is the #1 reason that Linux "has arrived". They predict 25.2% in 2006 - I think that it will reach that figure by the end of next year. I say 50% by 2006. "True, since the volunteer programmers often lack specialized knowledge, complex business applications are probably beyond their range. " I don't know where the writer got this piece of mis-information. There are "complex business applications" for Linux -right now-. Given a year or two, and those same applications will surpass whatever is available on Windows. "SCO Group, holder of the original patents for Unix software upon which Linux is based, has announced plans to form a licensing division and hire superlawyer David Boies to press its claims against sellers of Linux." Again, more mis-information. Linux is a clone of Unix, that is true. However, it is based largely on Minix (or, at least, it was, many years ago). SCO has about as much hope pushing its claims as I do of sprouting wings. -David
