[vox] Linux on workplace desktops

Rod Roark rod at sunsetsystems.com
Thu Jul 22 11:57:49 PDT 2004


On Thursday 22 July 2004 10:27 am, Tim Riley wrote:
> The following statistic reported by "Business Week"
> caught my attention:
> 
> "28%: The percentage of Corporate America's chief
> information officers who say they are considering
> using Linux on the desktop for their companies."
> 
> Source: Merrill Lynch survey of 100 CIOs in June, 2004.

I'd like to see how the question was phrased.  But it's
probably a high number, considering that the vast majority
of CIOs wouldn't dream of such a radical change unless it
slaps them in the face a few times.  :-)

-- Rod


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