Einleitung

2. Oktober 2003, The Economist
The hottest "cold" technology is [GNU/]Linux, an operating system[...]. In March, Forrester, an IT consultancy, found that 72% of corporate IT managers were intending to move their server-computers 
to [GNU/]Linux from Microsoft and Unix software. 

laut USA TODAY, April 2002:
Regierungsorganisationen
Militärische Nachrichtendienste (USA, Frankreich, England, Spanien)

Hollywood
Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar

Wall Street
Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein