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From: Ignoramus13931 on 2 Nov 2009 21:43 As Windows jobs decline 8% from the beginning of the year, Linux postings grew 6%. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1373285,00.html What this essentially says, is that corporations are not nearly averse to Linux as various research studies seem to show. If you ask me, the writing is on the wall. I am much more optimistic about corporate Linux adoption, than adoption by clueless individual users. Corporations, at least, are receptive to the profit, cost and security motive. i
From: Matt on 2 Nov 2009 22:15 Ignoramus13931 wrote: > As Windows jobs decline 8% from the beginning of the year, Linux > postings grew 6%. > > http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1373285,00.html > > What this essentially says, is that corporations are not nearly > averse to Linux as various research studies seem to show. > > If you ask me, the writing is on the wall. > > I am much more optimistic about corporate Linux adoption, than > adoption by clueless individual users. Corporations, at least, are > receptive to the profit, cost and security motive. > > i I strongly agree with your last paragraph above. It generalizes to any large organization, because they have the economies of scale to learn to administer Linux efficiently and to finance the migration. Best is schools, as there is little or no data to migrate. Advocate to the guy next to you for practice and support. If you want things to change, advocate to the guy who has the power to change things.
From: Köhlmann is aka 'Petey Toro' OLAY! on 2 Nov 2009 22:39 Ignoramus13931 wrote: > > If you ask me, the writing is on the wall. <YAWN>
From: terryc on 2 Nov 2009 23:20 On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:43:37 -0600, Ignoramus13931 wrote: > I am much more optimistic about corporate Linux adoption, than adoption > by clueless individual users. Corporations, at least, are receptive to > the profit, cost and security motive. Users are receptive to the idea of being left up a creek without a paddle in a foreign OS. When was the last time you helped someone install, learn and use Linux?
From: Ignoramus13931 on 2 Nov 2009 23:23
On 2009-11-03, Matt <matt(a)themattfella.xxxyyz.com> wrote: > Ignoramus13931 wrote: >> As Windows jobs decline 8% from the beginning of the year, Linux >> postings grew 6%. >> >> http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1373285,00.html >> >> What this essentially says, is that corporations are not nearly >> averse to Linux as various research studies seem to show. >> >> If you ask me, the writing is on the wall. >> >> I am much more optimistic about corporate Linux adoption, than >> adoption by clueless individual users. Corporations, at least, are >> receptive to the profit, cost and security motive. >> >> i > > > I strongly agree with your last paragraph above. It generalizes to any > large organization, because they have the economies of scale to learn to > administer Linux efficiently and to finance the migration. Best is > schools, as there is little or no data to migrate. Economies of scale is where Linux shows its excellence, as you can automate most system related things in Linux in a straightforward manner. So you can have one Linux system admin who knows scripting, administer many more machines than a comparably intelligent Windows admin. > Advocate to the guy next to you for practice and support. > > If you want things to change, advocate to the guy who has the power to > change things. I think that what happens in corporations, such as some I have observed, that Linux appears and begins to metastacize, slowly at first and faster later. This is possibly a safer route to successful Linux migration than top to bottom pronoucements such as "move everything to Linx next month". The downside is that the Microsoft tax is stil being paid this way, but I consider this minor. i |