Linux Five Years Away From Mainstream 497
wellington wrote to mention a ZDNet blurb about a Gartner group study. Gartner indicates that 'mainstream' use of open source in IT environments may be 5 years away. From the article: "Gartner's latest Linux 'hype cycle' report shows that open source is halfway to maturity but warns the biggest test will be whether it can demonstrate the necessary performance and security to function as a data centre server for mission-critical applications. Leading-edge businesses are generally still in the early stages of Linux deployments but Gartner expects increased commercialisation and improved storage and systems management for the operating system by the end of 2005, with Linux being used primarily for WebSphere and infrastructure applications on mainframes and web services on blades and racks."
How many times... (Score:4, Funny)
- to the tune of "Blowin' in the Wind"
Mission Critical? (Score:2, Funny)
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nuclear Fusion (Score:5, Funny)
Only 5 more? (Score:5, Funny)
2015 called... (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe John Titor can help.
Re:Everything takes 5 years (Score:4, Funny)
No way! (Score:2, Funny)
A five years from now Windows Vista will be ready for public beta (=final version)!
In other news... (Score:3, Funny)
After a quick google search, I've uncovered that:
1. Iran at least five years away from producing nuclear weapon
2. CIA five years away from terror readiness
3. Scotland: Independence 'five years away'
4. Cancer cure about five years away, British scientists claim
5. Dog returned to owners after being lost five years ago
6. Infants' gastro vaccine may be five years away
It's about to hit the mainstream? (Score:3, Funny)
Mainstream? Well, I was into Linux before it was cool. I totally dig their older stuff so much better... then they sold out to the man
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Re:Nuclear Fusion (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mission Critical? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Nuclear Fusion (Score:5, Funny)
I hear there's this really nice one called "Aqua". They're even porting it to other architectures now.
Sure Thing (Score:2, Funny)
In 5 years, I'll wake up after 2 hours of sleep to my AI assistant handing me my rejuvination pill. I'll hop in my flying car and it'll drive me to work at the fusion plant. There won't be much work to do, because the Open Source software that runs the place does so damn well. That's OK though, we'll just play Duke Nukem Forever all day on our quantum computers and go home and fuck our supermodel wives, because geeks are cool now.
The Money Pit (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Pencil that in... (Score:3, Funny)
Fusion is always 10-20 years in the future. Linux is before that, but after jet packs
of course these reports are always right... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Only 5 more? (Score:3, Funny)
It was only 3 years away 10 years ago.
Why is this thread beginning to sound like Windows Explorer reporting on how long it will take when copying a large number of files?
Re:Not the first time NYT has misled everyone (Score:2, Funny)