[Am-info] Switching to Linux picks up steam .. Yankee Group

[Gene Gaines]

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Despite all the "TCO of Windows is less than Linux"hype and
studies "bought" by Microsoft in the last year:

 "A recent survey conducted by research company The Yankee Group
 found that approximately one-third of businesses have plans to
 migrate at least some Windows machines to Linux in the next two
 years. On the desktop, 36 percent of respondents plan to deploy
 a few Linux PCs. ..."

Interesting numbers in this survey, appears well balanced, for
example:

 "In a report on total cost of ownership for the Linux, Unix and
 Microsoft Windows operating systems, research company The
 Yankee Group found that only 4 percent of businesses planned to
 migrate Unix servers to Linux within the next two years. A
 total of 11 percent intended to move Windows servers to Linux,
 while 21 percent proposed to add Linux servers to a
 predominantly Windows environment.

 On the desktop, 36 percent of businesses expected to have a few
 Linux PCs in their business, but only 5 percent planned a total
 migration to Linux. A majority--57 percent--planned no changes
 for Windows on the desktop."

I like:

 "The report found that even businesses that were relatively
 satisfied with Windows are making some use of Linux,
 however--as a bargaining chip in negotiating with Microsoft on
 further purchases. "We have no intention of switching to
 Linux," an unnamed MIS manager is quoted as saying in the
 report, "but we do find it useful as a stone to throw at
 Microsoft."

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Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
Sterling, Virginia