Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Red Hat, Oracle: Cross Currents in the Linux Market
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> | Barnicle's findings contrast with chatter that Oracle's Linux effort
> | had fallen flat. Barnicle notes that his survey can't be taken as
> | gospel, but it is worth noting.
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> http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070319/29875_id.html?.v=1
Interesting:
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| 15 percent of Red Hat users are considering a switch to Oracle. The
| good news: That tally is down from 33 percent in a November survey by
| Barnicle.
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| Only 2 Oracle users switched from other vendors. One jumped ship from
| Red Hat and the other from Hewlett-Packard. Oracle fares best with
| enterprises with more than 5,000 employees.
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| 35 percent of respondents reported using Novell, down from 42 percent
| in November. Of the respondents, 13 percent cited Novell as their
| primary vendor, down 1 percent from November.
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So after the initial hype, less than half those who initially considered
switching to Oracle, are still considering it, with Oracle's current
"wins" standing at only *two* customers (of those surveyed). Novell have
similarly seen a dramatic loss of customers (presumably over to Red Hat).
Well nobody saw *that* coming. [smirk]
--
K.
http://slated.org - Slated, Rated & Blogged
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| "Future archaeologists will be able to identify a 'Vista Upgrade
| Layer' when they go through our landfill sites" - Sian Berry, the
| Green Party.
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Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux) on sky, running kernel 2.6.19-1.2288.fc5
14:21:29 up 28 days, 1:46, 2 users, load average: 1.44, 0.67, 0.46
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