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Outsider No More: Linux Critical In Many Data Centers (ChannelWeb)Outsider No More: Linux Critical In Many Data Centers (ChannelWeb)Posted Aug 7, 2008 22:49 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)In reply to: Outsider No More: Linux Critical In Many Data Centers (ChannelWeb) by RobertBrockway Parent article: Outsider No More: Linux Critical In Many Data Centers (ChannelWeb)
I agree that Linux isn't "just now" becoming important in the data center. But, while Linux has indeed been used in the server room for some time, the proprietary vendors (i.e., Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, etc.) made an aggressive marketing push throughout the past decade to check Linux's growth (and influence PHBs that paying for proprietary server licenses was the "only" true way). The time frame for the infamous Halloween Documents and all those "Get the Facts" studies seems to corroborate this theory. This article appears to be a veiled announcement that the proprietary vendors have seemingly exhausted their "Avoid Linux" marketing strategies and FUD techniques, and only now should Linux be taken seriously as a server OS. Just my perceptions...
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