Linux
Red Hat CEO On Recession, Virtualization, Ballmer
InformationWeek / Charles Babcock
Whitehurst said many Linux conversions have been from Unix in the past, but during the recession, “more and more conversions [come] from Windows users.” Red Hat Enterprise Linux now runs on 15% of the servers in the data center, he said. (Microsoft sees Windows Server on 70% of new servers in the data center.) Customers are coming to Linux “we say because of its high value. But it is open source and lower cost,” which has a distinct appeal in hard times, he noted.
I don’t think Linux needs to dominate but it wouldn’t upset me if it did. I would just like to see it on par with Windows. They both have their uses.