Got a hell of a lot of critical systems using ESX, Xen and the like though - all nix variants under the hood.
Sent from my SR-71 Blackbird -----Original Message----- From: David <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:40:09 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]>Subject: Re: [OT] Stats about IT I probably shouldn't hold it against them, but I still remember back in the '90s when Gartner was saying that within five years all computers would be running the Unix OS. I can't say I've ever had much faith in their 'predictions'. David On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Really?**** > > ** ** > > Gartner is saying that Cloud has entered the “meaningless hype” stage…**** > > > http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/its-official-cloud-computing-now-meaningless-169416 > **** > > ** ** > > CIOs and CEOs still pay attention to this stuff because at least there is > some effort to justify the conclusion. Most IT people I’ve run into > couldn’t write a business case to save their lives.**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 November 2011 11:47 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT**** > > ** ** > > Yeah…their track record isn’t great (particularly over the last couple > years), however, CIOs and CEOs still eat them up. Gartner, right now, is > promoting the Cloud like there’s nothing else. 3 years ago it was > “outsourcing”. Now, companies are bringing resources back in-house because > they realized... “Oops” that didn’t work.**** > > ** ** > > You just have to be very careful with “industry” information. It can be > just as politically motivated as anything else.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:24 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Stats about IT**** > > ** ** > > To me, Gartner's stats are just derived from flawed research and easily > subverted questions. > **** > > *ASB***** > > *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker***** > > *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…***** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > **** > > Tada…**** > > **** > > Particularly Gartner’s, IMO…**** > > **** > > *From:* Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:43 AM**** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues**** > > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT**** > > **** > > Or just make them up…as 95% of all statistics are.**** > > **** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 9:19 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Stats about IT**** > > **** > > You're going to want to check with the research firms:**** > > **** > > Gartner, IDC, Forrester, ITIC, etc (http://itic-corp.com/)**** > > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- David _____________________ *"Remember that democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." --John Adams, letter to John Taylor, 1814* * * ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
