Unfortunate Ubuntu media coverage

[JoeHill]

Robert Brockway wrote: 

> On Thu, 15 Jan 2009, Asaf Maruf wrote:
> 
> > The unfortunate result is that Linux is unable to get introduced in the
> > enterprise especially the SME sector.  
> 
> Unable to be introduced?  Linux has been widely deployed in large 
> companies even long before it became popular with the IT press.  I have 
> personal knowledge of large corporations relying on Linux as far back as 
> 1995.  Since about 2000 it's popularity has just exploded.  Linux is 
> everywhere.
> 
> Management are often quite happy to bring in consultants.  That role has 
> been a big part of my day job for 10+ years.

...but you won't be reading that on Digg, and so the amateur FOSS pundits will
never see it. Thank you for that dose of reality :-)

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J
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