Posted by: Charles Tryon
on April 19, 2005 09:19 AM
Rather than just picking apart these "studies" (somehow the term, "shooting fish in a barrel" comes to mind), I wonder if we can learn something from them.
In this case, it appears that mid sized companies are finding that the are more hesitant to adopt Linux. Why might that be? Large companies have more resources to invest in converting systems, an activity that often has steep short term costs offset by long term payback. Smaller companies are usually more agile, and often have less invested in legacy systems, and may be more sensitive to savings in infrastructure costs. Companies in the middle may be slower to trust in a "new" technology like Linux, or more afraid of the perceived cost, or more out of touch with just what is going on down there in the IT department, or they just don't see any particular NEED to change.
Not sure if I have any good answers to this particular problem, but it seems that we should take some time when these reports come out to dig out the real issues behind them. It's good to have answers to shoot down the flimsy conclusions when we are talking to the CxO, but that doesn't mean they don't have any value in developing strategies, or understanding what factors may be holding back that 48%.
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Posted by: Charles Tryon on April 19, 2005 09:19 AMIn this case, it appears that mid sized companies are finding that the are more hesitant to adopt Linux. Why might that be? Large companies have more resources to invest in converting systems, an activity that often has steep short term costs offset by long term payback. Smaller companies are usually more agile, and often have less invested in legacy systems, and may be more sensitive to savings in infrastructure costs. Companies in the middle may be slower to trust in a "new" technology like Linux, or more afraid of the perceived cost, or more out of touch with just what is going on down there in the IT department, or they just don't see any particular NEED to change.
Not sure if I have any good answers to this particular problem, but it seems that we should take some time when these reports come out to dig out the real issues behind them. It's good to have answers to shoot down the flimsy conclusions when we are talking to the CxO, but that doesn't mean they don't have any value in developing strategies, or understanding what factors may be holding back that 48%.
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