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Today we've got 4 linux clients, the others being Windows. The computer
room is 60/40 Windows vs. UNIX Linux. Follow the CIO's master plan & in
5 years the computer room will be 100% Unix/Linux and desktops will be
50/50. Some others I know of in the local area, Boston Ma USA, already
have 100% UNIX Linux in the data center today & the desktops are
migrating. If nothing else it's a matter of cost reduction.=20
Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA
-----Original Message-----
From: Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco [mailto:juancarlosreyesp_at_gmail.com]=20
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 3:38 PM
To: Goulet, Dick
Cc: jkstill_at_gmail.com; Oracle-L_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: Microsoft Windows, will rule in the next 8 years in the
market
Thanks Goulet, I make you the same question I did to Jared
which is your opinion, in 8 years
x% of client customers will be windows/linux
and
x% of server customer will be windows/linux
For example in your office, how much linux & windows computers you have.
:)
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:04:44 -0500, Goulet, Dick <DGoulet_at_vicr.com>
wrote:
> From someone who has to use Windoze along with Linux & HP-UX. Windoze
> interface is proprietary, develop for that platform & you can't get
> multi platform independence. Having to reboot to clear 90% of one's
> errors is also not an acceptable thing. Having to reboot after each
> software patch/load is not acceptable. Having to patch the OS 30
times
> a month to keep the hackers out is not acceptable. And having to
reboot
> every month to keep it running smoothly, not acceptable. We're moving
> towards a more thin client would based on application/web servers.
With
> that again IE is MS specific & there are more than MS clients out
there
> so you've got to stick with NetScape or FireFox as your target
browser.
> End result, in 8 years Microsoft will have the same market share in
> operating systems as Apple has today in desktops. I firmly believe
> we'll see the end of Windoze in the data center in that time.
Possibly
> not the desktop, but that's looking slimmer as well. In 2003
Linspire,
> Linux desktop OS, only held .1% market share, in 2004 I believe they
> rose to around 3%. And that's climbing I believe. Heck, VMS that I
> loved & mourned because we were told it was dead is happily still
alive
> & well, just not as well known. So watch out for the PR hype & spin.
> It'll make you dizzy!!
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