The days of defending Linux momentum in the enterprise may rapidly be coming to a close. Red Hat executive Mark de Visser gets to the heart of the matter with SearchEnterpriseLinux.com, pointing out that moving from a proprietary Unix system to Linux on Intel results in “10x price-performance improvements” in many cases. De Visser covers more in this question-and-answer interview, specifically the inhibitors to Linux adoption in the enterprise, Red Hat’s focus on certain vertical markets, customer demands and the maturation of the open-source platform.
Wow! An un-commented article that was posted for quite a while already. Hmmm… Well, Linux may like the spotlight but I’d take FreeBSD anytime if it’s on servers.