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.
Umm just to be clear I posted it as incorrect before you started your crackhear 'liar' act...
That's not what I see. You've not 'won' this thread, in fact seem to be getting pushed around pretty good.
I've followed these threads since before your 'GE' screen name was created, as you know. And I know more than a bit about it's heredity, if you get my meaning.
This is one of your worst defeats yet, I think.
Which is odd, cuz if you had just stayed calm and rational you could have won this on points, with grace and style, since the growth rate doesn't mean much.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Right. Point is, the information is out there, and he was only referring to what apparently a lot of people believe is fact. It wasn't like he was deliberately trying to mislead.
Probably should have pointed that out in that post, because I'm sure that GE's formulating a post to call me a liar as well...
FD,
I could not agree with you more..
"More linux lies, get me something from VMWare and you'll have your winner. "
Bingo.
So predictable.
Good, maybe there's hope for you after all. As for the flamer, I'd say his chances at recovery are close to zero LOL.
I'm still waiting for your apology.
Speaking of hopeless...
Do you have alink to FD defending stallman yet?
Yep. Predictable, coming from Golden "I Don't Have Time To Prove My Completely Unfounded Allegations, and How Dare You Ask Me To Be Accountable For My Own Words, Which I Probably Didn't Even Say Anyway and Besides, Richard Stallman Is A Leftist" Eagle.
Good point. Some of this is like the scare mongers who jump out of their skin when a cancer rate skyrockets from .001 percent to .0015.
I personally don't care much what OS dominates in ten years. All my hardware and apps will be obsolete anyway, and Microsoft will probably be selling new ones.
I recall how IBM died when it lost its PC and disk drive business, but somehow IBM is still huge.
Oooh! Me! Me! Me! Call on me! I know!
Basically all GE can do is call someone a liar so thats all he ever does, he did not approach the problem as a debate because he is incapable of that
"It's only a mistake if you admit it, like I do when I make them."
Yeah, so we can safely assume that since you have not admitted you made a mistake about my position on Google OS, Linux deployment at IBM, Dell making Linux desktops, and my supposed defense of Richard Stallman, that these are all lies.
Guess that's settled then.
"Basically all GE can do is call someone a liar so thats all he ever does, he did not approach the problem as a debate because he is incapable of that."
And, many of his posts, especially those which discuss other posters, are utterly uncontaminated by facts.
"Basically all GE can do is call someone a liar so thats all he ever does, he did not approach the problem as a debate because he is incapable of that."
And, many of his posts, especially those which discuss other posters, are utterly uncontaminated by facts.
sorry for the dup...
Agreed. Anybody who thinks MS is going away any time soon is deep in wishful thinking.
I remember when this screen name appeared.
I believe this screen name was created with a single purpose in mind. And that this person has other screen names that he uses for other 'personalities'.
I've been watching these threads a looooong time.
I kinda miss the Bush2000 screen name/personality, personally. It was dedicated to flaming, but *funny* flames. My biggest complaint against GE is if you're gonna flame folks, make it FUNNY!
Flame wars just aren't what they use to be.
IIRC, the original post was 75,. His complete denial was at 78.
Usually the flamer does enough damage to himself on his own, but since you asked here's where flamer claimed he didn't post on the linux lie threads about Dell, but then I showed a link to one of them where he proved that he didn't even know the what a "desktop" computer is (and still doesn't I don't think LMAO!):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1592292/posts?page=125#125
Then of course he still denied it, rather than face the truth and his own unbelievable ignorance. I guess that's why you're defending him too.
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