>Linux adoption may be "hitting a wall," as use of the open-source
>operating system fell over a nine-month period, a quarterly survey of
>companies shows.
>
>Linux use in computer servers running business applications was
>reported in 53 percent of the 500 North American companies surveyed by >SG Cowen & Co. for its Core Technology Survey, released this week. In
>addition, 7 percent of the respondents planned to adopt Linux, which
>was the "most modest" level the New York investment banker had seen in
>its survey.
>
>The combined use or planned adoption of Linux at 60 percent was the
>lowest level Cowen had seen since September 2003, when the number was
>56 percent, including 44 percent having adopted Linux and 12 percent
>planning to use the open-source operating system.


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