Report

March 2003

• 72% of respondents expect to use more Linux in 2004.
• About a quarter are replacing Windows servers with Linux.
• Enterprise support stalls Linux for 46% of interviewees.

• In 2004, Linux adoption will explode in every datacenter, challenging CIOs to keep proliferation under control.
• Managed Linux deployment gives both datacenter pros and application teams tools and processes to make Linux a success.
• Recoding an application? Don't overlook Microsoft.

• Microsoft: Open source the common language runtime.

• Proprietary Unix is stone-cold dead -- but big iron lives on.
• Laggard ISVs will regret their go-slow approach to Linux.

• Figure 1.  Linux Carries Every Datacenter Workload
• Figure 2.  Every Operating System Is Losing Ground To Linux
• Figure 3.  Support Leads The List Of Enterprise Concerns
• Figure 4.  Linux Is Rapidly Gaining Enterprise Features
• Figure 5.  Linux Will Tip In The Datacenter In 2003
• Figure 6.  Managed Deployment Automates Datacenter Servers
• Figure 7.  The Benefits Of Managed Deployment
• Figure 8.  The Role Of Linux In Organic IT
• Figure 9.  Linux Will Hollow Out The Server Market

 

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