Linux will emerge as the dominant operating system in corporate data centers, according to a new study by Goldman Sachs. According to the study, IT buyers will use Linux to take advantage of lower-cost, higher-performance Intel-based servers — and to avoid “premium-priced proprietary systems.” Eventually, systems running Linux will displace systems based on Unix and RISC processors.
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Eventually, systems running Linux will displace systems based on Unix and RISC processors.
Damn. I guess that means Linux is out, too? It’s based on UNIX, right? 😉
But seriously, I still don’t understand why a data server would use Linux over UNIX. Sure, it’s easier, but for machines that cost upwards of $200,000, I think they can hire a technician who is fluent in UNIX. 😉
Its okay, they CAN say “Windows” instead of “premium-priced proprietary systems”.
Yes yes, that means i’m not including UNIX and whatever but who thinks of them these days?
Eventually, systems running Linux will displace systems based on Unix and RISC processors.
This means then that Linux will displace itself then, along with Macs (being UNIX based)…leaving only BeOS?
BeOS being not premium-priced or proprietary and not based on UNIX!
Replace stability and ease-of-use with some lesser version of UNIX. No thanks. This is bullshit.
Linux on cheap intel-hardware can do quite some work, and is very capable of competing with the lower end commercial unix machines made by Sun etc.
Of course no intel-based box can match up with an expensive high-end commercial UNIX-server.
And windows on a server, well, people doing that should really get a clue
Eventually, systems running Linux will displace systems based on Unix and RISC processors.
Should have read …
Eventually, systems running Linux will displace Unix systems running on RISC processors.
Arn’t modern CISC procs, just RISC proc. with an emulation layer
>> But seriously, I still don’t understand why a data server would use Linux over UNIX. Sure, it’s easier, but for machines that cost upwards of $200,000, I think they can hire a technician who is fluent in UNIX. 😉
It’s not cost, IMHO.
For a while already there have been Linux apps which are ahead of their proprietary OS counterparts. For instance, both KDE+Qt and Gnome+GTK seem to me more advanced than things like CDE+Motif. The recent Safari example also works along the same lines, I think.
Though one can port these to other OSes (like what was done in FreeBSD and Mac OS X cases, BTW), _maybe_ it is more convenient/cheaper to use Linux directly.
linux behaves like unix but it isn’t a unix per se. the *bsds, solaris, hp-ux, tru64, aix, etc. ARE unixes. those will be displaced. linux merely behaves like a unix, but it isn’t.
hell, it’s even filling in as kernel in the GNU’s Not Unix OS.
IT’S NOT UNIX!
Like someone in a previous post stated, it is pretty much about apps. I do HPUX development using Redhat for my development. Out of the box, Redhat has a set of compiled, supported apps, and I know that every Redhat install will include at least a certain level of libraries – and, if not, they are easily installed.
HPUX is a different world – most of my development has to be centered on ANSI and POSIX libs, as the default install only really insures the default libs and a good deal of the GNU stuff you get on Linux is unsupported on HPUX.
Plus, the Linux world is getting a better and better OS on a daily basis. Don’t get me wrong, HPUX, AIX, Solaris and the rest of the proprietary Unixes are solid as hell and they will be around long time coming, but for things like file, mail, and web servers, number crunching, and any app you really want to fine tune Linux and the GNU toolset really rock.
Also, clustering is something that Linux really has going for it. While I would not put a 3+ terabyte database on a single Linux box, clustering adds a whole new level of reliability with cost savings.
BUT, there is a reason that IBM is putting a lot of cash into Linux, they want to make it capable of replacing AIX one day.
It’s quite snappy, believe it or not. Faster than on my PIII, anyway.
But said that, this has absofreakinglutely nothing to do with servers.
About UNIX: my understanding is that that is a trademarked word owned by ATT. I believe LINUX is a UNIX in everything but name.
As for the predictions:
I think G-Sachs assumes LINUX on Intel will predominate. I think ultimately LINUX for Power4 will beat out Intel because of the POWER’s superior SMP possibilities.
I think they also need to re-examine their analyses of the desktop market. They say LINUX will not displace Windoze on the desktop because of all the training involved. Huh? Haven’t they ever worked in a Windoze shop? You gotta train users just to boot up their friggin’ machines! To read Email and access the web! A well-configured LINUX box should require no EXTRA training. Less maybe– you don’t need to spend time on the Blue Screen of Death.
This analysis is a “pump’n’dump” scheme in disguise.
Strange that you people fell for it. They probably heaviliy invested in RedHat and want to get out. I suggest “sell short” now (or better next week ).
As for Linux taking over business world – it’s not going to happen. Solaris scales better when CPU number increases.
Linux rules (maybe) the web – Apache, PHP, MySQL. But web business is almost dead. How many real companies are running their Oracle databases on Linux ? or DB2? Even if it exists it’s not used. I see Linux boxes in many of my clients but all major apps are running on Suns or HPs or AIXs. The biggest problem for Linux here is that it changes too fast for business – it takes several months to deploy any serious project in the world of Dilberts. Linux would change dramatically in this timeframe.
“The biggest problem for Linux here is that it changes too fast for business – it takes several months to deploy any serious project in the world of Dilberts. Linux would change dramatically in this timeframe”
Must be why business loves Windows. It NEVER changes (much).
*BSD, solaris, etc. are based on the old unix source tree. Linux is written from scratch. It’s a unix clone, yes, but not a real unix really. OK, it will replace OTHER unices then 😉