But one research point stuck with me: Of those surveyed, 90 percent of the 300 large enterprises with 10,000 or more end users say that a significant or total switch from Windows to Linux would be prohibitively expensive, extremely complex, and time consuming. The survey asked enterprises what their opinions were, and was not based on dissatisfied users of Linux. The answer here seems to be for Linux vendors to get their word out, before Goliath rolls over them.
Come to think of it, Flashmob 1 was successful in getting the word out about grid computing and clustering. And it got intelligent people thinking. So maybe Goliath hasn't won just yet. But we better keep on our toes.
If you have a David and Goliath story, I'd like to hear it.
This week, has started off with another alliance, BEA and Veritas. Not nearly as volatile an announcement as the Microsoft/Sun deal. But hey, it's just Monday.
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