Linux Five Years Away From Mainstream

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...

[mpathetiq]

Must we hear the same spiel before it becomes the truth?
- to the tune of "Blowin' in the Wind"

Mission Critical?

[Anonymous Coward]

Mission Critical- Does this mean that it is going to be used in military applications- or is this just some buzzwording that is demonstrating that whomever wrote the summary is a middle manager who uses buzzwords to sound bright?

In other news...

[C3ntaur]

Gartner Group was reported to be five years away from becoming a credible news source for the IT industry.

Re:Nuclear Fusion

[adarn]

holy shit, an intelligent first post.

Only 5 more?

[spooje]

Hasn't Linux for the desktop been 5 years away for the last 10 years?

2015 called...

[RichardX]

..they want their article back.
Maybe John Titor can help.

Re:Everything takes 5 years

[Agret]

the jetsons was set in 2000

No way!

[Anonymous Coward]

A five years from now Windows Vista will be ready for public beta (=final version)!

In other news...

[TubeSteak]

http://www.google.com/search?q="five+years+away" [google.com]

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?

[burtdub]

<indierock>
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
</indierock>

Re:Nuclear Fusion

[Anonymous Coward]

hi RMS, long time no posting. Since you're out hunting, may inquire as to when will Gnome finally be ported to Emacs? I want to get rid of that pesky Xorg server and have my full GNU stack already.

Re:Mission Critical?

[Jesus_666]

Obviously it involes rolling a natural 20 while on some kind of quest, as any roleplayer could tell you.

Re:Nuclear Fusion

[b1t r0t]

Yeap, use FreeBSD. Problem solved, except of course you still have to figure out which desktop environ to run :)

I hear there's this really nice one called "Aqua". They're even porting it to other architectures now.

Sure Thing

[19thNervousBreakdown]

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

[Solr_Flare]

Statements like these always remind me of the old Tom Hanks movie The Money Pit. "How much longer to finish the house?" "2 more weeks." "You said that 2 weeks ago!"

Re:Pencil that in...

[WillAffleckUW]

Ok, I'll pencil Linux in right between Fusion energy and my flying car.

Fusion is always 10-20 years in the future. Linux is before that, but after jet packs ...

of course these reports are always right...

[EddyPearson]

in the same way, we're gonna run out of oil in 20 years...or is it 8 now...or fifteen...or are we moving to nuclear power! no! aliens are coming with a renewable energy source! i just dont know anymore! damn these glorified study groups...

Re:Only 5 more?

[fritz1968]

Hasn't Linux for the desktop been 5 years away for the last 10 years?

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

[Chemicalscum]

For us on the real left the NYT is just a propaganda rag for the American empire - and yes "They're about as reliable a source of information as that former Iraqi information minister!"