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标题: A Year of Victory for Linux
发信站: 白山黑水 (Mon Nov 29 12:47:06 2004)
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By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Looking back at Linux in 2004, I see one thing as clearly as I see my
hand in front of my face: Linux is the mainstream.

Which companies stand behind Linux today? I mean really stand behind it,
and not just give it lip service? It's companies such as
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Novell and Oracle. We're talking the who's who
of American technology vendors.

Who's using Linux? Everybody. Small companies, Fortune 50 enterprises,
nonprofits, governments. Everybody.

Why? Because, when you cut through all of the FUD (fear, uncertainty and
doubt), all of the bought and paid-for ROI (return on investment) and
TCO (total cost of ownership) studies, all of the intellectual
property fears, the bottom line is that Linux simply works.

eWEEK.com Special Report: The Business of Linux

It does more than just work, though. All of the members of the Unix
family—AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, etc.—can make that claim. Linux simply
delivers more IT goodness on more platforms than all of the other Unix
platforms combined.

And as for Microsoft and Windows, please. Linux delivers more reliable,
faster Web and intranet services for less money.

Don't believe me or those Microsoft "Truth" campaign ads? Then look
for yourself.

That's one of Linux's beauties. Anyone can get a copy, test it out, kick
its tires and make up their own mind.

eWEEK.com Special Report: 2004 Year in Review

Heck, with today's CD-based Linux distributions such as Knoppix and
Gnoppix, you don't even have to install Linux on a PC. You just boot
it up from a CD-ROM and give it a test drive. What could be easier?

In the past year, hundreds of thousands of users and thousands of
companies have done just that, and they're now shifting over their
infrastructure and edge servers to Linux.

Next Page: What's in store for 2005?
Looking ahead to 2005, I only see this trend continuing. The older
Unixes are going to continue their decline. Yes, Sun will do its
darndest to slow that down with Solaris 10, but it'll do as well as I
did in ordering the ocean not to wash away my sand castle when I was a
kid.

And as for Microsoft? I think all you need do is look at Steve Ballmer's
recent comments about Linux and intellectual property to know that
the company thinks Linux is going to be causing it serious trouble in
the next few years.

eWEEK.com Special Report: Is There Life Left in UNIX?

You can always see this in Microsoft's plans to make desktop programs
such as the next version of Office dependent on server-based software.
What nonsense!

No word processor in this day and age should need anything from a server
except a place to store files. No, the reason why Microsoft is making
these moves is to force users to use its own server software instead
of Linux.

In the past, it's been foolish to bet against the Redmond giant, but
when it comes to Linux, I'm willing to make that bet. Linux is simply
a stunningly good operating system.

eWEEK.com Special Report: Enterprise Wars: Linux vs. Windows

Besides, Microsoft's operating systems and programs have become
completely bug-ridden. Seriously, has a month gone by this year
without a major Microsoft security problem?

I put it all together and I, for one, have no doubt that Linux—and
not Windows—eventually will be the dominant operating system in the
early 21st century.

eWEEK.com Senior Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has been using and
writing about operating systems since the late '80s and thinks he may
just have learned something about them along the way.

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