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.
"Of course, ANY server that gets rooted really needs to be reloaded of known good media."
So in other words, you believe the same thing he does on this issue (I know it's creepy, but bear with me). Knowing you can't argue when you agree, he then just made up a point of view for you based on one post that wasn't even meant to be taken seriously. Then, he attacked that point of view, claiming it was yours, and declared himself the winner when he debunked the point of view that you never even claimed to believe.
"My initial joke at Microsoft's expense was, I'm sure, recognized by most tech folks..."
Hmmm...you presented humor for the humorless. No wonder it had the effect it did. He simply doesn't get it.
That's pretty much par for the course is it not?
"My initial joke at Microsoft's expense was, I'm sure, recognized by most tech folks..."
Hmmm...you presented humor for the humorless. No wonder it had the effect it did. He simply doesn't get it.
As usual. I guess sarcasm tags are mandatory for trolls.
Hey!
Not dead yet. Just been really busy at work, I'm afraid. Which is a good thing, I suppose.
You know how in our line of work there's either too much to do, or not enough.
Also, I tend to just lurk on these sorts of threads these days.
How's things?
Things are going good as can be - I'm still trying to locate my zillionaire uncle in zimbabwe. I hear he's been sending out lots of emails lately.
LOL!
He's just using one of those 'irregular' verbs that changes with which 'person' you're using.
"That's pretty much par for the course is it not? "
Yes. It's still hard to believe that he wants to be taken seriously, though. Never fails to amaze me.
"As usual. I guess sarcasm tags are mandatory for trolls."
Well, when you grasp at straws contstantly, you have to take whatever opportunity you can find to smear people, even if you have to make one up...
ha!
Mr.Gates...aren't you getting tired of this?
> Didn't stop you from trying to claim it was a MS-specific problem though, for some strange reason. And this is far from an isolated event.
That's right, ziggy admitted I was correct, just like noobie did on the ESX question. Must suck to be you, with absolutely nothing but insults to offer in defense of your endless lies.
America's richest man, these boys would like to destroy and replace with their foreign fakes from europe. If you resent his success then use one of his longtime competitors, like Apple OSX or Sun Solaris, fine be me, so long as you're not supporting that leftist whacko Stallman and his commie cloneware.
I did not 'admit you were right' I stated clearly before you what reality was..
I was arguing with someone else and you admitted it. Maybe even you are getting tired of the linux lies. Hard to believe, but they have gotten unbelievable.
Even ESX engineers admit its a very common mistak because when you log into an ESX box what do you think you see?
A popular misconception is that the VMware ESX Server kernel is also based on a modifiedRed Hat kernel. This is not the case. VMware ESX Server is a highly efficient hypervisor/kernel built for the sole purpose of managing VM. VMware uses the Console OS’s file system to:"
From: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp3939.pdf
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