On 2011/04/27 04:08, Bluejay Adametz wrote:
>> What are the most popular distributions in business environment by list opinion?
>
> Around here, a large manufacturing site, we use RedHat EL where we
> need contract support (or we're running something that requires
> Authentic RedHat in order for that vendor to support us), Scientific
> Linux where we don't need that support.
>
> SL has a slight lead over RedHat for our production systems. Then
> there are a number of workstations and test machines that are running
> SL.
>
>                                                           - Bluejay Adametz

Um, somehow I don't think that question quite parses if you look at it
critically. And this is not the best place for a a question asking "what
kind of Linux do Linux user businesses use?" I'd think Distrowatch would
be a better place.

A smart business uses the tools that work best for them. I use Linux,
probably migrating to SL, for some infrastructure tools. I use Windows
because that is where I make my money. Trust me. It really IS nicer
than waiting tables or cleaning houses for a living. I write software.
The kind of software I write has little or no Linux market. So I follow
the money. Sensible businesses do the same. "I need to XXXX. The best
tool for XXXX is YYYY. And YYYY runs on ZZZZ OS on WWWW machines. So
I run WWWW machines with ZZZZ OS running YYYY for XXXXing." I refuse
to get that order mixed up. If I did I'd find myself uncompetitive
and in some cases feeding spammers off my idle machine cycles.

{o.o}	Joanne Dow