Linux Foundation - Linux adoption trends report

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:58, Robyn Bergeron <robyn.bergeron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

That is interesting.

> * 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.

I figure that.. the "Cloud" is where Linux was in 1998 or so.. mostly
'visionary' companies looking to see if they can get ahead with it.
Larger companies are going to avoid it because it still has a lot of
fear factors with it.

> * 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.

Training training training :).

> -Robyn
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