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Not data, but for anyone who finds this surprising: I'm going to guess the vast majority of software spending by dollars is on Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, RedHat, e
by superuser2 10y ago
Not data, but for anyone who finds this surprising: I'm going to guess the vast majority of software spending by dollars is on Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, RedHat, etc server products running in closets at traditional small and medium businesses.
Outside the tech world, it's a good bet that any given business has a Windows Server variant with Exchange onsite (little battery UPS likely, fancy fire suppression or HVAC pretty unlikely) and Office licenses on every desktop. If there's virtualization it's VMWare. If they allow telecommuting at all it's probably Citrix.
The view of the tech world from SV, and from an IT contractor with a staff of ~45 acting as the IT department for ~500ish local firms in a sleepy Midwestern city, are very different.