According to a new report, in the next few years, Linux will grow steadily in the desktop market in small enterprises.
Yangji Group lies in the report in the local time, said that Linux has a very low degree of popularization in companies that have no more than 500 people in employees, only less than 1% of such companies run Linux on the desktop. However, this situation will be changed as the company began to update the old equipment running the outdated software. The report pointed out that in the next 6-12 months, 3% -5% of the investigated small businesses will run Linux on the vast majority of PCs. This number may rise to 4% -10%. The number of companies that do not exceed 20 people have the most enthusiasm of Linux without more than 20 employees.
Although Windows still monopolizes the desktop market, the report discovers that small businesses are still insisting on using older versions of Windows. Only 46% of companies have upgraded to Windows XP, and the proportions of Windows 98, Windows 95 are 25% and 2% respectively. The report pointed out that SMEs always extend the usage time of resources as much as possible.
However, most of the enterprises using old version of Windows plans to upgrade to Windows XP within 12 months. The proportion of small companies planned to be upgraded is 70%, but this number of companies that do not exceed 20 people in employees is only 57%. Report recommends that high-tech companies pay attention to small business markets that are less than 20 people in employees, because this will be the earliest Linux The battlefield of the -Windows Wars, small businesses showed the greatest interest in deploying Linux desktops in the next 12 months or longer. Traditionally, the low-end small business market is more sensitive to cost, and many customers choose low-cost products after evaluating price-value ratio risk.
Helen's analyst Helen, said that in addition to the price sensitive, such small businesses are also simpler, which makes them do not encounter integrated problems when transition to Linux. She said that the cost of turning Linux is small for small businesses that do not need to use a large number of applications. Due to the high dependence of the application software, the current Linux application has been able to meet their needs. (CNET Technology Information Network)
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