Linux, just like the many other technologies in the past, which came to be introduced with a lot of hype, is also to a certain extent over exaggerated. They just regard the Linux to be the elixir so as to resolve all your major business issues. Still as of today, there are a majority segment of the individuals who do really believe that the Linux is the cheapest alternative to all those other operating systems that do exist out there in the market.
Small scale industries
There is no little ambiguity in the very fact that the very big companies could positively try to implement installation of Linux in their corporate offices as well as the plant routines to minimize their overall costs of production. Annually you could save whole heap of money that way by going for a shift to Linux in the place of any other operating systems by the commercial vendors.
Still, it is also an important valid observation that has to be made with many other associated costs with the Linux operating systems. Moreover you will have to face a lot of technical limitations also while using certain versions of the Linux in the industries. Linux applications in the analog computers and in the mainframe arena pose a lot of technical difficulties, but even if you have the commercial applications in that place, there might not be a big difference inferred otherwise. That is the reason behind sticking on with the Linux distributions in such cases.
Micro and small scale industries that do lack enough funds as well as sufficient availability of many other resources so as to do their own ways and means of custom development compatible to their requirements. This becomes a major limitation for application of Linux in this sector of the industries which comprises the major share of the industrial sector worldwide. It is the small businesses that support substantially as the backbone for the colossal conglomerates. So when Linux cannot fit into such applications of major demand, the popularity could not be overwhelming at any point of time.
Macro concern
It could be suitable for those gigantic applications alone where you will find the macro scale industries, plants, smelters and many more conglomerates. You could save costs as well as have additional flexibility as well. Still such a sort of standard sophisticated versions of Linux could be opted from highly standard providers such as the red hat Linux or se us Linux and many more of that kind. These distributions have international recognition for their standards and could serve effectively with the multi national clients of huge size.
Other costs
When you already operate from a commercial operating system such as the windows or any other kind in your company which is of macro level, then you should consider a few important aspects before thinking for a switch over to the Linux. Despite the fact that you might get a free standard version of the Linux to cut all the initial capitation costs, you will have to spend on the retraining of the staff in to the new environment. You will have spend again on the swapping out of the old servers as well
