Ask the guys who get the service calls.
In the second quarter of this year, Linuxcare noticed a 27% increase in in the number of desktop incidents, while service calls for file, print and Web servers went down.
" This industry is really quite interesting," says Linuxcare co-founder David Sifry. "The number of desktop
incidents we get has surprised us. Many people are using Linux as desktop workstations for software development, VLSI design, and in financial services, among other things. And we have no idea where it will go next."
Here are the numbers:
| April | May | June | |
| Desktop | 52% | 59% | 66% |
| File/Print Server | 28% | 30% | 17% |
| Web Server | 20% | 11% | 17% |