June 1st, 2004
53% of large businesses run Linux for mission-critical apps
EE Times quotes the results of Forrester Research study on Linux usage in mission-critical applications. Some 53% of 140 companies surveyed by Forrester are running mission-critical applications on Linux, and 52% choose Linux for new applications. Some 44% of respondents said they are using Linux to port older applications to new hardware, and 33% run applications that require Linux.
Alex is a software engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area. ITFacts is created and updated by a group of statistics-obsessed individuals.
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