Opening Up to Open Source
Survey shows business demand for open-source growing.
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| The news is good for companies that hope to generate big revenues
| from open source. According to Gartner, Linux server sales will
| grow 12.2 percent annually to $11.55 billion by 2010, while
| Windows server revenue will only increase by 2.3 percent. That
| means a lot of potential sales for companies that sell services
| to support open source products.
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| According to the study, 87 percent of respondents already use open-source.
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http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=21171&hed=Opening+Up+to+Open+Source
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Next Gen, Mission-Critical Apps To Be Deployed on Linux Says Report
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| By now it should be obvious to even the most casual industry observers
| that Linux operating systems - and open source-based software in general -
| have reached critical marketplace mass. Recent Linux deals and
| announcements by Oracle and Microsoft have only reinforced the "open
| source is enterprise-grade" message that IBM, Unisys and other "Master
| Brand" hardware, software and services vendors have been preaching for
| years. In short, open source, especially Linux, is becoming "legitimized"
| by the major vendors for enterprise environments, and user executives
| are more than happy to believe them.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/RoundUp/Next_Gen_MissionCritical_Apps_To_Be_Deployed_on_Linux_Says_Report
CIO study finds Linux ready for prime-time
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| The company predicts a steep rise: only 18 percent of businesses
| will be using Linux in business-critical roles by the end of 2007.
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| "Linux operating systems - and open source-based software in general
| - have reached critical marketplace mass," said the study's authors,
| Bruce Guptill and Bill McNee of Saugatuck Research.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=7681
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