The local time of the Biography Network This week, Yangji Group said in a new published report that Linux has a very low level in a company that is not more than 500 employees, and this company is only less than 1%. The desktop is running Linux.
However, this situation will change as the company began to update the outdoor software to run outdated software. The report pointed out that 3% -5% of the surveyed small businesses run Linux on the vast majority of PCs in the future 6-12 months. This figure may rise to 4% -10% a year later. Enterprises that do not exceed 20 employees, especially for Linux. The report said that in the next few years, Linux will grow steadily in the desktop market in small enterprises.
The report pointed out that SMEs always extend the use of resources as much as possible. Although the new version of Windows monopolizes the desktop market, small businesses are still insisting on using older versions of Windows. Enterprises upgrading to Windows XP account for only 46%, while the proportion of companies that use Windows 98, Windows 95 accounts for 25% and 2% respectively.
Most companies plans to use old version of Windows within the next 12 months will be upgraded to Windows XP. Among them, the proportion of small companies planned to be upgraded is 70%, but the number of companies that do not exceed 20 employees, this proportion of the plan upgrade is only 57%.
The report called on high-tech companies should be highly valued by small business markets that are less than 20 people in employees. Because Linux-Windows Wars will start from here, in the next 12 months or longer, small businesses are displayed for deploying Linux desktops. Have a great interest. Traditionally, low-end small companies are more sensitive to cost, and many customers will choose low-cost products after assessing price-value ratio.
Helen's analyst Helen, said that such small companies is simpler in addition to the technical demand in addition to price sensitivity. This makes them do not have a puzzle that does not have integrated when transitioning to Linux. She said that because small businesses do not need to use a large number of applications, the cost of turning Linux is small. Moreover, the current Linux application has been able to meet the needs of small companies' dependence on application software.
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