On Friday, March 19, Canonical made the beta of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) available on desktop, server and netbooks. To add to the fanfare of the anticipated long-term service (LTS) release, the company published a survey of 2,650 Linux users -- found via a variety of Ubuntu-related forums -- showing that among companies running a large number of servers, a high percentage of those servers run Linux. In the survey results, Canonical maintained that 80% of that Linux is Ubuntu. Nearly three-quarters of the respondents (72%) said they see Ubuntu as ready for their mission-critical deployments. Mission critical applications in the respondents view included backup, file server, scientific applications, email and security tasks.
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There are clearly some issues with the survey in that it was funded by Canonical which itself cautioned that most respondents were likely to be in the Ubuntu camp to begin with. Still, some other evidence points to the fact that Canonical's server push has some traction.Find reviews for cheap Nokia phones
IDC analyst Al Gillen said he's seen Ubuntu's share in Linux servers ticking up substantially with preliminary numbers from last year showing it with "a couple of points" of market share.Find blog for Nokia phone reviews
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