Linux Foundation - Linux adoption trends report

[Robyn Bergeron]

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