Linux Making Inroads, But Not At Windows' Expense

zaphod123 writes "According to this article, the stories about Amazon (and others) switching to Linux have been misrepresented. The Linux install has replaced a proprietary Unix system, not a Microsoft Windows product. This is still "A Good Thing" for Linux, but not the downfall of Microsoft that some have foreseen."

Winformant?

[rw2]

I think I trust winformant to tell me about Linux about as much as I trust slashdot to tell me about Windows... :-)

Re:Try it on grandma.

[Locutus]

Just redirect 25% of that fund set asside for virus repairs/admin and use it for training.

Solves that problem.

LoB

Re:From the thank-you-capt-obvious department....

[Mtgman]

Solaris, their operating system, has few advantages over Linux, nowadays. Frankly, without adding the GNU tools, Solaris is virtually unusable! (And, who's gonna pay $10k for their compiler when GCC does the job?)

Shhhhhhh! Quiet! All you're going to accomplish with crazy talk like that is to get RMS on a tirade about how it should be called GNU/Solaris.

Steven