what percent of companies use linux as there operating system?

Answer 1

It depends who you ask. It also depends on the size of the companies involved. TECHNICALLY a small business is a company but most will not use linux. MANY LARGE businesses will use linux at least as a server and some may use it elsewhere.

Of course if you REALLY want to get technical, you might say most people use linux but don't realize it (your TiVo uses linux, your Linksys routers use linux. And there are dozens if not hundreds if not thousands of other devices that use linux and people don't even realize it.

Answer 2

is this for your work, for your personal knowledge, or a school report or something?

I don't think many businesses use linux on their desktop computers, but a ton of them run linux on servers, usually their web servers if nothing else.

if you are looking at this for your business, i wouldn't worry so much about what the other guys are doing, but focus on what best meets your needs. if that's linux then great -- it will save you a lot of money so long as you have someone proficient on your staff. (that doesn't mean someone who knows what linux is, but someone who knows how to write a shell script and pipe ten commands together to get something useful).

there are a lot of studies out there commissioned by microsoft about how linux is more expensive to maintain than windows. believe you me - i've worked a places that used windows on every desktop and linux on every desktop and there is a HUGE difference in both cost and support. windows is much more difficult to maintain and much more expensive. (on the order of requiring twice the staff for the same number of computers, IMO)

Answer 3

not very many, but LINUX RULEZZZZ!!!

Answer 4

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