On 2011/04/27 04:08, Bluejay Adametz wrote:
What are the most popular distributions in business environment by list opinion?
Around here, a large manufacturing site, we use RedHat EL where we
need contract support (or we're running something that requires
Authentic RedHat in order for that vendor to support us), Scientific
Linux where we don't need that support.
SL has a slight lead over RedHat for our production systems. Then
there are a number of workstations and test machines that are running
SL.
- Bluejay Adametz
Um, somehow I don't think that question quite parses if you look at it
critically. And this is not the best place for a a question asking "what
kind of Linux do Linux user businesses use?" I'd think Distrowatch would
be a better place.
A smart business uses the tools that work best for them. I use Linux,
probably migrating to SL, for some infrastructure tools. I use Windows
because that is where I make my money. Trust me. It really IS nicer
than waiting tables or cleaning houses for a living. I write software.
The kind of software I write has little or no Linux market. So I follow
the money. Sensible businesses do the same. "I need to XXXX. The best
tool for XXXX is YYYY. And YYYY runs on ZZZZ OS on WWWW machines. So
I run WWWW machines with ZZZZ OS running YYYY for XXXXing." I refuse
to get that order mixed up. If I did I'd find myself uncompetitive
and in some cases feeding spammers off my idle machine cycles.
{o.o} Joanne Dow
