David Dennis

With Linux now officially "mainstream" in the enterprise, the industry pundits are starting to pay a little more attention to Linux penetration figures further down the food chain. Early stats show that we still have a ways to go before Linux penetration in SMEs (small to medium-sized enterprises, or companies with 100-249 employees) and SMBs (small to medium-sized businesses that have 1-100 employees) hits the levels we're seeing in the enterprise. According to a recent study by Info-Tech Research, only 27% of mid-sized companies currently have Linux installed. And the same report cites that fewer than 5% of companies with 10 employees or less either own or plan to install desktop or server Linux. The Linux kernel is stable and robust enough for the core of the enterprise datacenter, so it's certainly robust enough for the SME. Linux also offers the cost-consciou... (more)