Linux Replacing Windows More Than Unix

LordNimon writes "Over the past couple years, we've been hearing several Linux migration stories, but they have been mostly migration from proprietary Unix systems rather than from Windows. Well, this story on News.com indicates otherwise: of the migrations, 24% were from Unix, but 31% were from Windows. Sounds promising."

and the winner is?

[Kenja]

so....
24% were from Unix
31% where from Windows
45% where from what, Amiga?


I'm as allways suspect of these numbers and how they arived at them.

I want to see TV ads...

[EvilAlien]

... something like Apple's lame Switch ads. I want to see some former cleancut Windows drone become a greasy hairy Linux hippy. I want to see a former bowtie-wearing AIX admin pull on shorts, sandals, and a Tux tshirt.

Maybe Redhat could get some mileage out of this.

How can you tell that it is near the end of the work day in my timezone and I desparately need to be entertained?

Understandable

[frodo from middle ea]

Ok here is the deal, If i have a kick-ass Solaris m/c which i bough 2 years ago (was kick-ass back then).
Solaris technology has not changed so much to force me to upgrade the hardware. I can always download the latest solaris OS and keep my m/c uptodate.
Same goes for other propritory *nix boxes.
Now on the other hand, I bought a WinNT Server two years ago. Somehow i have managed to work with it.
but now if i want to upgrade to XP, i have no choice but to buy the latest x86 based hardware.
Plus the trackrecord of M$ for security and stability is also at the back of my mind
Now if i dont want to upgarde my x86 based hardware every two years then a lean-mean version of linux makes more sence.
As in current economy I dont have the budget to buy a Solaris box.
If your company doesn't want to keep pace with the x86 based hardware upgrades, then LINUX is the BEST choice out there. Install it and forget about it.

Re: I want to see TV ads...

[Black Parrot]

> ... something like Apple's lame Switch ads. I want to see some former cleancut Windows drone become a greasy hairy Linux hippy. I want to see a former bowtie-wearing AIX admin pull on shorts, sandals, and a Tux tshirt.

Shouldn't be any problem. Take a greasy hairy Linux hippy like... most of us... and film the second half of the commercial, then give him a shower a trim and a girdle, and dress him up to film the first half of the commercial.

Re:Switching to Jaguar is the final step

[Anonymous Coward]

Windows to Linux to OS X

Yeah, that's real logical...

"We have this existing hardware running Windows. Instead of upgrading to the latest version of Windows, which will require us to buy all new hardware, we can install Linux!"

Then...

"We have this existing hardware running Linux. We can save money by throwing it all away and buying... umm, wait..."

One Example

[Torgo's Pizza]

[Hand-held camera centers on subject on white background. "Steven" is sporting what looks to be a new beard, wearing suspenders over a Tux shirt that almost covers his stomach that hangs over his khaki shorts. Sandals and white socks complete the look.]

Steven: Yeah, I used to tell people to buy Window based computers all the time.

[Camera pans around a bit]

Steven: Yeah, and um, down in Austin it would get like intense over those blue screens that would pop up and like, I just totally couldn't stand that freakin' paper clip. Then my comp sci professor introduced me to Star Office. Like whoa! No paper clip! And like, my buddies say I can play around with the kernal! Yeah, I think he does fried chicken and stuff.

[Camera cuts to close-up]

Steven: Uh, my name is Steven and dude, I got a Del... uh, Linux. Yeah, that's right! Linux.

Re:31% of nothing is still nothing

[Bob Loblaw]

31% of 10 is not such a big deal

Well ... it is quite a big deal for that unlucky 1/10th of a person!

Or would that be a result of a customer response of something like "My brain likes Linux and is switching; my body belongs to Windows."

Brilliant

[hayden]

You have to do something very stupid as root to crash linux. Whereas the post you were replying to you can be a guest user and it'll crash.

I can destroy a linux workstation with one command:

sudo rm -rf /

OMG! OMG! OMG!

Idiot.

Re:I want to see TV ads...

[iabervon]

Actually, I'd like to see ads with a cleancut Windows drone with a little Tux pin talking about how great Windows is these days, and then he turns and walks away, revealing that he has a "Running Linux and doesn't know it" sign on his back.

I noticed that, in a (vaguely) recent Law & Order episode, the person looking up records at an ebank has a little Tux by his monitor. Nobody mentions it, but it's kind of neat product placement, except that it could be for any of a number of companies, which makes it seem like the people arranging the set just stuck it in.

No go

[Bastian]

Red Hat wouldn't want to risk having Apple sue them for stealing the 'look and feel' of one of their advertising campaigns.

Re:Where do you get 45%?

[sgage]

A little story about the mean:

Three statisticians go out hunting, and they spot a deer. The first one shoots, but the shot goes a foot high. The second one shoots, but it goes a foot low. The third one yells "we got him!