To:"Mike Swier" <mswier@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 18:22:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:"Linux Pipeline Newsletter" <linuxed@techwire.com>
Subject: Linux Pipeline Newsletter -- Sept. 7, 2004 Linux Pipeline Newsletter | Even The Button-Down Crowd Loves Linux | 09.07.2004
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Tuesday, September 7, 2004


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  • Editor's Note: Even The Button-Down Crowd Loves Linux
  • Top Linux News
        - Microsoft Sees Open-Source As Major Threat
        - Sun Targets Newbies With Java Studio Creator Toolset
        - Apache Says It Won't Support Sender ID
        - More News...
  • Editor's Picks
        - Case Study: Open-Source Servers Brighten Weather Channel's Outlook
        - Trends: Linux Stakes Out Consumer Electronic Devices Market
        - Trends: To Share Or Not To Share?
        - More Picks...
  • Voting Booth: Vote For Your Favorite Linux Distribution
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    Editor's Note: Even The Button-Down Crowd Loves Linux

    A recent study of Linux usage found overwhelming support and user satisfaction. The study of computer-using organizations looked at 281 sites and found that 90 percent were using Linux, with a high degree of customer satisfaction.

    What I find most interesting about the study is the source: Our button-down pals at InformationWeek magazine. This wasn't a study sponsored by long-haired hippy-dippy Grateful-Dead-listening, tree-hugging Birkenstock-wearing, smelling-of-patchouli, Ben-&-Jerry-eating, Phish-following open-source idealists. No, InformationWeek is all business. They're very corporate over there. They wear three-piece suits even to company softball games.

    So an article in InformationWeek plugging Linux on business, rather than technological or ideological grounds, is significant.

    The mainstream media often writes about Linux with a condescending voice, describing open source as kind of cute in its own way, but not suited for serious business. But how's this for serious: Sixty-four percent of Linux users in the InformationWeek study describe themselves as "extremely satisfied." Only two percent said they were dissatisfied. How many proprietary vendors can claim the same level of customer satisfaction for their software?

    The case for open source is often made on idealistic grounds: don't give money to Microsoft. Don't support the oppressive software patent structure. But the InformationWeek study presents a pragmatic, business reason for using Linux: there's a two-out of three chance you'll be extremely satisfied with it as a product, and only one chance in 50 you'll be dissatisfied.

    Also: There's no organization more serious about business than Microsoft, and the company recently gave Linux and open source a backhanded compliment. In its annual 10-K filing to the SEC, Microsoft warned that Linux and open source present a threat to the company in every business sector.

    Mitch Wagner
    Editor, Linux Pipeline
    mwagner@cmp.com
    http://www.linuxpipeline.com/


    Top Linux News

    Microsoft Sees Open-Source As Major Threat
    Open source and Linux are threats to virtually every business
    segment, according to Microsoft's 10-K filing with the SEC.

    Sun Targets Newbies With Java Studio Creator Toolset
    Unlike other open-source Web frameworks, Sun's Java Studio
    Creator presents only one development method for users.

    Apache Says It Won't Support Sender ID
    The foundation is balking at Microsoft's strict licensing terms
    for the proposed anti-spam standard.

    Red Hat Names New CFO
    Charles E. Peters Jr., formerly with Burlington Industries,
    succeeds Kevin Thompson, who resigned.


    Editor's Picks

    Case Study: Open-Source Servers Brighten Weather Channel's Outlook
    All-weather cable network reduces server count and deploys apps more quickly.

    Trends: Linux Stakes Out Consumer Electronic Devices Market
    Linux is gaining popularity in consumer electronics, and could be
    lurking inside your video recorder, playing in your PDA, or
    sitting in your cell phone.

    Trends: To Share Or Not To Share?
    Everyone from IBM to a group of Minneapolis blue-chip companies
    want to share code, but can sharing go too far? A look at the
    latest research on Linux and open-source IT projects.

    Legal: SCO's Finances Reverse As Legal Fees Mount
    SCO says it has a plan to keep itself fit enough to continue its
    legal battles against Linux and to develop its Unix-on-Intel
    operating systems.


    Voting Booth: Vote For Your Favorite Linux Distribution

    Cast Your Vote Now!
    In a recent poll, we asked which Linux distributor you prefer above all others: The field is large; but SUSE/Novell has emerged as the early favorite.
    The polls are still open and every vote counts. Vote today!

    Poll Results: Linux Distros Preferred by Linux Pipeline Readers:
    SUSE/Novell, 26%, 342 votes out of 1338.
    Mandrake, 14%, 189 votes
    Red Hat, 13%, 178 votes
    Debian, 9%, 122 votes
    Fedora (Red Hat-Sponsored), 9%, 119 votes
    Gentoo, 6%, 82 votes
    Slackware, 5%, 73 votes
    Other, including alternatives such as FreeBSD, 5%, 69 votes
    Knoppix, 3%, 45 votes
    Lindows/Linspire, 3%, 42 votes
    Xandros, 3%, 41 votes
    Sun Java Desktop, 2%, 24 votes
    TurboLinux, 0%, 5 votes
    Lycoris, 0%, 4 votes
    Conectiva, 0%, 3 votes


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