Re: [MLUG] Linux winning again

[Matt Klaric <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

And there are apparently even more people phasing out Windows.  The
search "phasing out windows" yields 225 results.  

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22phasing+out+windows%22

That said, most of the top results seem to talk about phasing out
windows NT.  

--matt

On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 13:58 -0600, Mike Miller wrote:
> I just happened across a message where someone wrote that they were 
> "phasing out Solaris."  I assumed they were probably going to Linux, but 
> they didn't say that.  Anyway, this led me to do these Google searches:
> 
> "phasing out solaris"
> http://www.google.com/search?q=%22phasing+out+solaris%22
> hits = 219
> 
> "phasing out solaris" linux
> http://www.google.com/search?q=%22phasing+out+solaris%22+linux
> hits = 213
> 
> "phasing out linux"
> http://www.google.com/search?q=%22phasing+out+linux%22
> hits = 22
> 
> 
> The small number for the last one surprised me a little bit because Linux 
> is such a common term on the 'net:
> 
> Linux
> http://www.google.com/search?q=linux
> hits: 1.2 billion!
> 
> Solaris
> http://www.google.com/search?q=solaris
> hits: 164 million
> 
> 
> Conclusions:  People who are phasing out Solaris are often switching to 
> Linux.  People are almost never phasing out Linux.  Even the 22 hits above 
> seemed to be mostly about phasing out Linux support contracts, possibly 
> because local IT staff had enough training to handle Linux on their own.
> 
> Mike
> 
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