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Linux growth 'to outstrip Windows by a factor of 3' (Oracle Estimate)
Builder.com ^ | 30 March 2006 | Matthew Overington

Posted on 03/31/2006 2:02:29 PM PST by N3WBI3

Over the next five years, Oracle is predicting annual growth of 12 percent for the open source OS

Linux adoptions are to grow in the next three to five years at nearly triple the rate of Windows, according to Oracle.

In an interview at the LinuxWorld conference in Sydney, the database company suggested Linux deployments had grown beyond an adoption phase, and were now becoming ubiquitous in small and large businesses alike.

Monica Kumar, director of Oracle's Linux programme office, pointed to the open source operating system becoming mainstream as "businesses are looking to Linux as a way to save money," and quotes a projected annual growth rate of 11.7 percent over the next five years. The software heavyweight claims analysts project Windows' growth over the same period as being 3.6 percent per year.

"We don't come across many big companies these days that don't have a Linux strategy, which is in contrast to the market three years ago," says Kumar.

It's not just enterprise customers leading the charge, though. "Small [companies] are now betting their businesses on Linux".

Kumar points to market awareness and a growing number of Linux-savvy developers in developing countries to drive the uptake, and suggests open standards are a huge driver.

"Linux is mainstream. There are a lot of questions that we used to get maybe two years ago where people used to say: 'Is Linux really ready for the enterprise? Can you give me some proof points? Who's deploying it? ...I need to prove the ROI or TCO to my CIO about Linux'. It's been two years and I don't get that question anymore."

She also goes on to point out a shift in adoption drivers: from the developers at the front line to the CIOs.

"We're now seeing adoption driven from the CIOs, instead of from the individual developers, and it's allowing Linux to pick up momentum."

The company has recently released a free version of its flagship database product in an attempt to woo developers towards Oracle technologies.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: capitalism; gebait; linux; opensource; oracle
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To: ShadowAce

or the now infamous "posting history" link.

Hey! GE said the world is flat! Here's proof: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?name=Golden+Eagle

/sarcasm


121 posted on 04/04/2006 10:59:19 AM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (And now for something completely different: www.donaldlancow.com)
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To: Golden Eagle

Name one. Shouldn't take that long. Name one post where I shoved anything down your throat, other than facts upon which you promptly choked.


122 posted on 04/04/2006 11:00:33 AM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (And now for something completely different: www.donaldlancow.com)
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To: ShadowAce
You have never pointed out an exact post.

Another lie, go back and look, I linked my replies to his bs, since there's no need to debunk it a second time. Why are you lying on his behalf now?

Besides, I'm completely satisfied most everyone on this website other than you Stallmanites knows the flamer is off the deep end, so debunking his bs the FIRST time is usually a waste of time anyway.

123 posted on 04/04/2006 11:02:32 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle

"If I ever got the chance I'd make a list of all the threads on FR with "linux lies" on them. "

Ever got the chance? You've been here posting all day! What else do you have to do but loiter around here being a moron?


124 posted on 04/04/2006 11:02:51 AM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (And now for something completely different: www.donaldlancow.com)
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To: Golden Eagle
Another lie, go back and look,...

No. Point it out.

...other than you Stallmanites...

That is libel. Apologize.

125 posted on 04/04/2006 11:06:49 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Golden Eagle

"I linked my replies to his bs, since there's no need to debunk it a second time."

You haven't debunked it the first time. I've been after you for weeks to show me a post where I lied. Just one! And you can't, and you avoid the issue each time.

Seriously, this is one time that people should go back and look at my posting history, as well as the non-responses I've gotten from you. Quite amusing.


126 posted on 04/04/2006 11:06:56 AM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (And now for something completely different: www.donaldlancow.com)
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To: Golden Eagle

"I linked my replies to his bs"

Where?


127 posted on 04/04/2006 11:08:31 AM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (And now for something completely different: www.donaldlancow.com)
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To: FLAMING DEATH

Don't act like you don't remember flamer, as soon as I get a chance I'll find one, which you of course ignored, and continued your lies.


128 posted on 04/04/2006 11:17:30 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: FLAMING DEATH

LOL, Great post..


129 posted on 04/04/2006 11:18:35 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: Golden Eagle
go back

To where? Link Please..

130 posted on 04/04/2006 11:20:34 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: N3WBI3
its a common mistake to think ESX is linux

It's only a mistake if you admit it, like I do when I make them. Of course he didn't admit his linux lie, he attacked me for pointing it out instead, very consistent between you guys.

131 posted on 04/04/2006 11:21:02 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle

Who are we saying did not admit it? Its hard to tell sometimes because you lash out in every direction..

BTW maybe if you provided a link saying ESX is not Linux rather than up and call them a lair they would admit they were wrong... For the record I was the first to say it was *not* a linux kernel..


132 posted on 04/04/2006 11:23:23 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: N3WBI3

Posts 88-91 of this very thread. I exposed his linux lie and he attacked me for it, and put up flamer's list of lies. Why are you now lying and saying it didn't happen?


133 posted on 04/04/2006 11:27:40 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle

"...as soon as I get a chance I'll find one..."

Why not right now? If there are as many as you say, then it shouldn't take but a minute.


134 posted on 04/04/2006 11:28:32 AM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (And now for something completely different: www.donaldlancow.com)
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To: FLAMING DEATH

Becauase anytime spent digging through all your BS is a waste of time. People can already see what a luni you are by your posts on this thread.


135 posted on 04/04/2006 11:37:04 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: Golden Eagle

Post 88, stainlesbanner: "ESX uses a modified linux kernel."

From http://www.windley.com/archives/2005/01/performance_mon.shtml : "Because the host machine is running ESX (a modified Linux kernel) ..."

From http://channels.lockergnome.com/it/archives/20041027_vmware_esx_21_update.phtml :
"We finally got our new Dell server VMWare ESX 2.1 mounted in our rack and running. Installation was pretty simple and straightforward; the VMWare server software is based on a modified Linux Red Hat kernel."

Post 89, Golden Eagle (to stainlessbanner): More linux lies. No it doesn't, because they don't want to have to release their source code for free.


136 posted on 04/04/2006 11:37:23 AM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (And now for something completely different: www.donaldlancow.com)
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To: Golden Eagle
Youre kidding right? I never said it did not happen, I asked you where! BTW I was *way* out in front of you on this "http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1607069/posts?page=23#23" .. All I am saying is maybe if you had asked him (a) for a source, or B disagreed giving him a source of your own rahter that spout off like a kid on a sugar high screaming 'liar' you may have had a chance for a discussion...

I have actually had an email exchange with him on this post which was civil and he admitted he was wrong..

137 posted on 04/04/2006 11:38:56 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: Golden Eagle

Cop out. You've got nothing.

You know, if you're not going to post proof, you only damage your own (rather tenuous) credibility by flinging accusations. But, feel free. You're just proving what I say about you (and I can back that up, too).


138 posted on 04/04/2006 11:39:16 AM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (And now for something completely different: www.donaldlancow.com)
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To: FLAMING DEATH

More linux lies, get me something from VMWare and you'll have your winner. Of course, it doesn't exist, since as even the noob told you it's not based on Linux, because as I told you they don't believe in giving that code away for free.


139 posted on 04/04/2006 11:40:00 AM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: FLAMING DEATH
I see his sources but they are still wrong, the ESX server creates a privileged VM running redhat (8 or 9 I think) and that is the console into ESX and the linux kernel people refer to..
140 posted on 04/04/2006 11:40:54 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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