On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:14:55 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> SMB Linux Use on the Rise
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> | A growing number of the estimated 5.8 million small and midsize businesses
> | in the United States are buying Linux solutions, mostly from solution
> | providers, according to research from AMI-Partners.
> |
> | Linux, according to AMI, of New York, is benefiting from a growing
> | acceptance of open-source products overall.
> |
> | "While Linux is becoming more mainstream, our research shows that SMBs
> | are more interested in open-source solutions than Linux per se," said
> | Abhijeet Rane, AMI's senior vice president. "The SMBs buying Linux
> | solutions are mostly buying apps that operate in the background of a
> | business."
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Linux is also penetrating into the desktop. IDC has reported that desktop
> | Linux will make large gains over the next couple of years, hitting $10
> | billion in annual revenues by 2008.
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> http://www.thechannelinsider.com/article/SMB+Linux+Use+on+the+Rise/189833_1.aspx
Spot the fallacy:
"AMI's research shows that 24 percent of companies with 100 to 249
employees use Linux, while fewer than 5 percent of companies with
employment under 10 own or plan to own desktop or server Linux products."
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