Study Shows Linux Ready for Real-Time

As per a recent study, it has been predicted that within five years the open-source OS will be running more than half of all important business applications.
The CIO study which include IT directors, VPs and CIO, predicted that the number of companies in “early or full deployment” of mission-critical applications on Linux would grow by 40 percent from 2007-2009, and will take momentum to grow by 80 percent from 2009-2011. “Linux operating systems – and open source-based software in general – have reached critical marketplace mass.”as per the study’s authors, Bruce Guptill and Bill McNee of Saugatuck Research.

The researchers added that the Vendors, service providers and IT execs alike all need to take notice of the trend and reposition themselves to meet it as a whole.

“Recent Linux deals and announcements by Oracle and Microsoft have only reinforced the ‘open source is enterprise-grade’ message that IBM, Unisys and others have been preaching for years,” Guptill and McNee said.

They added: “Microsoft’s thawing toward Linux is now easier to understand when faced with such data – even as Windows continues to grow as the other main server platform of choice.” Read full News by Technoworld;