-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I never liked Didio. she's involved in the sco case if I remember correctly. On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 07:04:02PM -0500, Allan Shaw wrote: > * Your Choice Between Windows And Linux > > A few weeks ago, subscribers filled out a very > interesting survey of the Yankee Group about the > total cost of ownership, comparing Windows to Linux. Here is the > promised Linux Windows Unix TCO Executive Summary by Laura Didio, > Senior Analyst, the Yankee Group. > > "Does Linux deliver significantly better performance, > reliability, manageability and ultimately lower Total Cost of > Ownership (TCO) and faster Return on Investment (ROI) than the > rival Windows and Unix operating system platforms? > > Approximately 1,000 of you responded to our survey on those > questions. And you answered Yes. And No. > > Yes, corporate customers report Linux does indeed provide > businesses with excellent performance, reliability, ease of > use and security. No, hype notwithstanding, Linux' technical > merits while first-rate, are equivalent but for the most part, > not superior to Unix and Windows Server 2003. > > And in large enterprises, a significant Linux deployment or > total switch from Windows to Linux, would be three to four > times more expensive and take three times as long to deploy > as an upgrade from one version of Windows to newer Windows > releases. > > The instances where Linux imparts measurably improved TCO > compared with Unix and Windows are in small firms with > customized vertical applications or "Greenfield" networking > situations. > > The most surprising survey revelation 90% of the 300 large > enterprises with 10,000+ end users indicated that a significant > or total switch from Windows to Linux would be prohibitively > expensive, extremely complex and time consuming and not provide > any tangible business gains for the organization. > > The survey further found that though Linux' momentum is > undeniable, the Open Source operating system will not dethrone > Microsoft's Windows as the leading server vendor in the next > two years. And Linux desktops will not even make a perceptible > dent in the 94% market share currently held by Windows desktops > between now and 2006. > > Only 4 percent of Unix customers and 11 percent of Windows > businesses plan to replace all of their servers with Linux. > And less than 5% of organizations will replace their Windows > desktops with Linux. > > The overwhelming majority of the survey respondents said Linux > is under evaluation. Licenses aside, Linux is most assuredly > not free -- a fact that corporations now begin to realize. > > Survey Highlights > > Among the other survey highlights > > - To date, most of the defections to Linux are coming at the > expense of mid-range Unix systems and not Windows. > - The lure of Linux for Unix shops is the extreme cost savings > of the hardware. > - Some 21% indicated they would migrate a portion of their > Windows desktops to Linux; 15% said they will add Linux > desktops but will not replace Windows and the majority -- 57% > said they plan no changes to their Windows desktop environment. > - A 54% majority of customers said they will leave their Windows > servers intact; 25% reported they will migrate "a portion" of > their Windows servers to Linux for specialized application > tasks. > - Red Hat is the Linux vendor of choice for 46% of corporations, > followed by Novell (SuSE and Ximian) with 19%. IBM and HP are > far back with 9% and 4%. > - A 76% majority rated Linux and Unix reliability comparable. > - The biggest area of concern for Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 > customers is the amount of time spent installing security fixes > and performing patch management. Security and patch management > aside, the overwhelming majority of businesses -- 72% rated > Windows reliability equal to Linux. > - A majority of large enterprises with 5,000+ end users said > they will not install Linux as their primary server OS in the > foreseeable future because it is much more expensive and > requires from 25% to 40% more Full Time Equivalent (FTE) > support specialists than Windows or Unix for that matter. > - Linux' lack of licensing indemnification is becoming more of > a concern. Although 55% of businesses said it is "not a concern" > 45% indicated it is an issue. That is a sharp increase from > the 8% of companies who said they were concerned in 2003. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAXP3h9XVrM3ri110RAqVjAJ4wGQ71m5mV9evdN+h/FLGsMxTV/ACdGV+l TwvkXoj9sANFSKFxu2Anfk0= =xuZS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
