On Mon, 15 May 2000, Rick Welykochy wrote:
> Windows' lack of open standards support, severe security problems, instability,
> and mounting real cost of ownership will invite Linux into the enterprise
> with open arms :-)
Unfortunately this is *not* the message corporate IT is getting, nor is it
the message those groups are giving their managers.
Most organisations I have personally seen consider the M$ platform best of
breed. Corporate information sources, ie marketing conferences, magazines
and contractors continue to push M$ as the preferred solution.
I've had people tell me that NT must be the way to go, simply because all
the information they have indicates everyone else is running it! It's a
self fulfilling prophecy. For these organisations the question is not
whether to run Linux or NT, but when to migrate to Win2k.
Operating system popularity is not about capabilities. It's about
marketing and mind share. Nothing in this industry is based on reality,
but on hype and hyperbole. Until the open source products obtain mind
share then they will be relegated to second place.
Windows failures and holes are mostly irrelevant to those who decide OS
direction. They are more interested in application support. (gee our
consultants tell us we need to run Cold Fusion, what do we need? Oh it
runs on NT and Solaris. Well I don't know what Solaris is but the
consultant and my MIS magazine both say NT is great so I'll use that.)
It even happens here and our systems are FreeBSD, Solaris and AIX based.
Carl.
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