Delay Linux apps, look at Windows, Unix, says Gartner

Dom · Jul 25, 2003, 02:38 AM

SCO's legal threats have prompted Gartner Group to recommend that companies delay deployment of critical Linux applications, determine "whether Unix or Windows will provide functions equivalent to those of Linux deployments", and take a "go-slow" approach to Linux in high-value or mission-critical production systems.

"Instead," says Gartner, "keep pursuing your Unix and Windows strategies." Gartner had previously expressed reservations on SCO's case, but recommended customers minimise Linux in complex, mission-critical systems "until the merits of SCO's claims or any resulting judgments become clear." Its latest opinions therefore represent something of an escalation.

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Jul 25, 2003, 02:38 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Delay Linux apps, look at Windows, Unix, says Gartner SCO's legal threats have prompted Gartner Group to recommend that companies delay deployment of critical Linux applications, determine "whether Unix or Windows will provide functions equivalent to those of Linux deployments", and take a "go-slow" approach to Linux in high-value or mission-critical production systems. "Instead," says Gartner, "keep pursuing your Unix and Windows strategies." Gartner had previously expressed reservations on SCO's case, but recommended customers minimise Linux in complex, mission-critical systems "until the merits of SCO's claims or any resulting judgments become clear." Its latest opinions therefore represent something of an escalation. Read More...