Comments on: Enterprise Software Adoption http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/12/09/enterprise-software-adoption/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: candice http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/12/09/enterprise-software-adoption/#comment-121443 candice Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:14:30 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/12/09/enterprise-software-adoption/#comment-121443 >Linux evolved into a crucial enterprise developers’ tool because students were taught how to program on the open source operating system in universities, and then they brought their academic Linux experience into the work place to solve engineering problems. Minor disagreement here...five or ten years ago the universities were mostly still teaching on Solaris. The smart kids were downloading the 1-floppy ftp install from RedHat which really seems responsible for Linux starting to take over the world. :) -Everyone- had a linux machine in college. (I had bunches. And a custom-rolled alpha. It was spraypainted, too. Sigh...) >Linux evolved into a crucial enterprise developers’ tool because students were taught how to program on the open source operating system in universities, and then they brought their academic Linux experience into the work place to solve engineering problems.

Minor disagreement here…five or ten years ago the universities were mostly still teaching on Solaris. The smart kids were downloading the 1-floppy ftp install from RedHat which really seems responsible for Linux starting to take over the world. :)

-Everyone- had a linux machine in college. (I had bunches. And a custom-rolled alpha. It was spraypainted, too. Sigh…)

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