De teruggevallen economie laat lang niet overal zijn negatieve stempel achter. Dankzij de lage aanschafprijs van Linux en de afnemende Total Cost of Ownership is vooral nu de opmars van de vrolijke pinguïn niet te stoppen, doet een woordvoerder van IDC ons geloven. De analist vertelt dat er verwacht wordt dat er dit jaar een slordige 182.000 servers die op Linux draaien de wijde wereld in worden gestuurd. 15 procent van de dit jaar verkochte servers draaiden Linux, maar dankzij de lage kosten van dit platform namen die servers slechts 5,1% van de totale serveromzet voor hun rekening. Eén van de grote juridische struikelblokken voor veel bedrijven is meteen één van de key-features van Linux: het is open-source. Toch is de prima schaalbaarheid en stabiliteit voor veel bedrijven reden om voor Linux te kiezen:
Martin Hingley, vice president of European systems at IDC, and co-author of the report, told vnunet.com: "I don't see anything stopping Linux now. "It's too late to strangle it at birth, although we may see some slowing while open source legal issues get resolved. But they will be resolved." He added that public sector support is very strong and that there has been a big uptake in financial services and retail. This year had seen a shift towards taking on Windows, not just the legacy flavours of Unix. "It's a user-driven issue," said Hingley. "When there's an economic slowdown - as there is now - the vendors have to listen to the users who are concerned with cost."
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Martin Hingley, vice president of European systems at IDC, and co-author of the report, told vnunet.com: "I don't see anything stopping Linux now. "It's too late to strangle it at birth, although we may see some slowing while open source legal issues get resolved. But they will be resolved." He added that public sector support is very strong and that there has been a big uptake in financial services and retail. This year had seen a shift towards taking on Windows, not just the legacy flavours of Unix. "It's a user-driven issue," said Hingley. "When there's an economic slowdown - as there is now - the vendors have to listen to the users who are concerned with cost."
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