[Nottingham] Group-sourced presentation! (OS/Systems Market Share of the 'Cloud', internet, and IT in general)

[Martin]

Folks,

This sets the scene:

Martin wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Anyone got any good pointers to the state of play in the IT world for
> the share and mix between the different IT systems used by business at
> present for their IT.
> 
> 
> Yes... I've been hit with the inevitable question that "noone knows
> 'Linux'" and that only Microsoft exists in the real world...



Any few people able to help out today/tonight with something along the
lines of:

Development history for virtualisation: Xen, KVM, VMware whilst Hyper-V
is late onto the scene. Hyper-V hooks into the Linux kernel only recently;

Technology history: Microsoft (and Apple) depend upon borrowed
repackaged significant Linux/FLOSS components/tech;

Cladogram of Microsoft versions vs Linux versions...

Comparison of Marketing budgets/expenditure...

Big investors into Linux/FLOSS: Red Hat, IBM, and now Microsoft, ?

Big users of Linux ?

Market share: Linux scalable at both extremes for powering most
supercomputers and yet also most home appliances and mobiles?...

Main features/functions/applications available, comparison list with
Microsoft and Apple (and others?), for desktop view, server view,
internet/cloud view.


There's a good split for combined efforts.

Other category ideas welcomed.

All for a slide-style bullet-points 'top level' overview presentation to
IT illiterates (and Marketing befuddled).


Phew!

Any takers?

This is a good example contest for "Linux" as we know it...


All good fun!

Cheers,
Martin



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