On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, David Andrews wrote: > On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 20:45, John Summerfield wrote: > > Can't say I've seen a lot of waving yet. > > I didn't think you were serious, asking a Linux list how many people > used Linux for mail. > > But I suppose I should <wave> if other people are. Don't want to look > like one o' those microserfs.
I knew quite a few were using Windows and that was without even asking;-). the fact that (almost) everyone is running Linux on S/390 and zBoxes, or thinking of doing it, doesn't mean they're using Linux for everything, even on those boxes. I figure it likely they're still using them mostly for MVS and VSE sorts of workloads. I'm not trying to prove the Gartner figure of 10-15 percent is right, but I'd not be surprised if it is close to the mark. I also figure that if organisations (not individuals) are using Linux on their desktops, then they likelihood of them doing most of their work on Linux is fairly high. And I also suspect some are using lesser servers running Windows (questions about Samba suggest that), and quite likely some variety of Unix. None of those would go in the Linux count. There is also the question of what's counted in IT, and I've taken the approach of counting all computers on peoples desks where they may process documents (including email), draw pictures and analyse numbers using spreadsheets & lightweight databases such as Access. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
