LJ Index — March 2004

  1. Estimatned thousands of U.S. municipalities that are ripe for open source applications: 88
  2. Minimum estimated dollar savings by the U.S. Navy on just one open source interoperability project: 300,000
  3. Thousands of Linux client installations planned for deployment by Sherwin-Williams Co.: 10
  4. Thousands of projected Linux-based Sun Java Desktops in a rollout in the U.K.: 800
  5. Minimum millions of Linux-based Sun Java Desktops projected for deployment per year in China: 1
  6. Millions of Linux-based Sun Java Desktops for which Sun is "aiming" in China: 500
  7. Percentage range of municipal budgets "eaten up by productivity suites and tools": 60-70
  8. Projected dollar costs to municipal budgets of Linux-based open productivity suites and tools: 0
  9. Percentage of CIOs and IT managers reportig Linux server use in Australia and New Zealand: 32.4
  10. Year-over-year Linux server shipment share percentage growth: 51.4
  11. Income generated in dollars by Linux suervers in the last quarter (before 11/03): 743
  12. Year by the end of which Microsoft is expected to start offeing software for Linux: 2004
  13. Percentage server market share for Linux by 2007 at the latest: 45
  14. Percentage of small companies currently testing Linux: 25
  15. Percentage of small companies that hope Linux will replace Windows as their core OS: 50
  16. Percentage increase in spending on Linux server shipments between July and September 2003: 16
  17. Percentage unit increase in Linux server shipments between July and September 2003: 32
  18. Number of persons supportable by one technical person at Hill House Hammond, before Linux: 50
  19. Number of persons supportabel by one technicla person at Hill House Hammond, after Linux: 500
  20. Minimum percentage of spam relayed off home computers whose owners are unaware: 33

Sources: 1-2, 7-8, Open Source Software Institute; 3, LinuxInsider, 4, The Register; 5, CNet Asia; 6, VNUnet, Sun executives; 9, CNET; 10-11, Ask Web Hosting, IDC; 12-13, TheInquirer.net, Meta Group; 14-19, ZDnet/UK, sourcing IBM & IDC studies & reports; 20, New York Times, sourcing Sophos

Notes:

China, Sherwin-Williams: http://www.linuxinsider.com/perl/story/32286.html

http://www.askwebhosting.com/story/25/IDC_Linux_Server_Growth_is_Nearly_50_Percent_Year-Over-Year.html

Sun rollout in UK: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34396.html

Times on spam

Has Meta Group numbers. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6862

Quarter of small SMEes test linux. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39118353,00.htm

NY Times on spam. Has numbers. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/08/technology/08trojan.html

Cringeley Piece, mentions standish, has good quotes: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20031204.html

Standish Chaos Report: http://www.standishgroup.com/press/article.php?id=2