I found this to be a fairly decent read, and it is free as in free market research :) It's enterprise-focused (respondents were at companies making more than $500m a year or have over 500 employees). Good food for thought as we start looking at Fedora's short- and long-term goals. http://www.linuxfoundation.org/lp/page/download-the-free-linux-adoption-trends-report (yes, you have to fill out a short form to download it). Highlights / lowlights: * Migrations to Linux from Windows are surpassing those from Unix, and 66% of users surveyed say that their Linux deployments are brand new (“greenfield”) deployments. This greenfield market share grab is a good indicator of a platform’s future performance. * Cloud adoption is surprisingly low, with only 26% planning on moving applications/ services to the cloud in the coming 12 months. Not surprisingly, Linux dominates when moving to the cloud, with 70.3% using Linux as their primary cloud platform. * 86.5% of respondents feel Linux continues to improve. * The perception of Linux by management has shifted, with nearly 60% reporting that their CIO sees Linux as more strategic to the organization as compared to three years ago. * These trends are leading companies to increasingly seek Linux IT professionals, with 38.3% of respondents citing a lack of Linux talent as one of their main concerns related to the platform. -Robyn _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
