Linux Advocacy

Hot air won't make a polar bear from a Linux penguin ...

June 19, 2001

"The human brain has an almost infinite capacity for self-delusion. Last week I was flamed by dozens of Linux users for simply reporting on the results of a recent Strategic Research survey of Australian IT managers.

"The survey asked about current and future usage of different operating systems in Australian datacentres. The results indicated that usage of Windows 2000 is growing strongly, and that Unix is declining a little.

"Pretty straightforward stuff. But the respondents to the survey also said they were not using Linux for vital applications, and did not intend to do so in the next few years.

"That made the Linux bigots see red. I was the messenger, and I was shot at."

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