Of course we already knew this:
Linux Headed for the Data Center Don't look now, says a new report from the Goldman Sachs Group, but the upstart Linux operating system is definitely headed for the data center. The Goldman report, entitled "Fear the Penguin," indicates that as Linux continues to mature and commodity hardware developed by both Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. becomes more powerful, the open source operating system will play a more important role in enterprise data centers. "We are confident that the technical developments and market forces are in place for it also to become the dominant operating system on the higher-end servers of the enterprise data center," the report says. http://www.esj.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=378