Survey shows Ubuntu not just for desktop anymore

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Feb 6, 2009 1:32 AM
By Computerworld Linux News
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Ubuntu should not be considered merely the desktop Linux distribution of choice anymore if a new survey conducted by Canonical and open-source analyst firm RedMonk is an indicator. The majority of nearly 7,000 businesses surveyed that are using Ubuntu Linux said they use it for a range of mission-critical workloads that are typically run on servers, such as proxy/caching, routing, mail security, clustering, virtualization, data backup and databases.

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