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	September 14, 2007 What Are The Preferred OSes For Critical Apps? Windows Server Dominates, But Linux Is The Top Choice For Switchers by Frank E. Gillett with Eric G. Brown, Will McEnroe, Emily Van Metre	Average: 8  (2 ratings)

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Executive Summary

Windows Server is the most popular choice for the most important packaged applications at North American enterprises — but the market is not settled by any means. Firms name a wide variety of operating systems (OSes) that they use for critical apps, and 29% name two or more. More than half of North American enterprises would consider switching OSes, and among them, Linux is the top choice, with 37% of switchers. For technology marketers, this means that the OS diversity that they face will increase, not decrease — and that they should start to look at software-based virtual appliances as an alternative to supporting the growing variety of OSes for enterprise applications.

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