From an interesting little piece by Dana Blankenhorn at ZDNET. He gives a little explanation of why we are seeing the big moves by Oracle and Microsoft towards Linux. I agree with him also, you would not being seeing Linux “shifts” by these two huge blue chip companies, unless there is a big momentum swing already underway.
” It shows that 83% of companies expect to support new workloads on Linux next year, against 23% for Windows. The move is slower for larger enterprises, but the direction is clear. At least in the server world, Linux has won. “
I agree with this on server end. However, there is no doubt that Microsoft is the clear winner on the desktop and will remain on the top for years, unless we see an innovative or disruptive technology introduced for the Linux desktop environment.
