I attended a VMWare symposium sponsored by IBM, Novell and a local (quite large) consulting/programming/implementation firm. The representative from Novell stated they would be completely off M$ products by the end of the year with nearly all desktops using Suse Linux and OpenOffice.org for their office suite. Apparently Novell has purchased Suse, or at least a 'port' of Suse. Also, he stated that all of Novell's commercial products would continue to run on Windows, because of client demand, however their main focus would be in writing/rewriting everything to run on Linux. That project was to have been completed by last week, with announcements coming soon. Since I'm not even remotely involved with Novell products, I haven't kept tabs on that portion of the project.
The IBM reps stated they they are also moving off M$ products. Just my 2 '.01's (insert appropriate currency marker) Karl On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 01:10, Anthony Youngman wrote: > It's difficult to tell (of course) but anecdotal evidence says that > linux has overtaken Mac on the desktop. Bear in mind that linux browsers > often identify themselves as IE in order to fool stupid sites in to > working :-( > > Oh - and we're *guaranteed* a massive collision in server space within > the next 18 months or so ... Linux is at 25% of the market and growing > at 50% a year, Windows is still nudging slowly upwards and at 55%. > Obviously, if the market itself grows, then this combination of figures > could be sustained a bit longer, but absent that the alternatives will > have disappeared and linux and windows will be the only games in town - > and we've had a couple of high-profile "windows to linux" conversions > hit the news headlines in the last couple of weeks here - for example, > John Lewis are quoted as saying "we ported because Windows couldn't cope > with the growth in demand" :-) > > Just as MS is using its grip on the client to push into the server room, > expect linux to do it the other way round ... > > Cheers, > Wol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 April 2004 04:58 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: What client platform do YOU use (Parallel to GUI thread) > > > > SO, I think to myself, I wonder what the REAL numbers are?. > > According to http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html > > Windows 90%+ > Mac 4% > Linux 1% > > If anything over the last few years windows market share has been > increasing as mac which used > to be in excess of 5% fades slightly > > - Robert > > > > **************************************************************************** > > This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private > and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on > anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any > way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission > error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your > information system. > > Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong > Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. > > **************************************************************************** -- Karl L. Pearson Director of IT, ATS Industrial Supply Direct: 801-978-4429 Toll-free: 888-972-3182 x29 Fax: 801-972-3888 http://www.atsindustrial.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
