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It depends on the consultants
Wether companies use linux or not depends on the consultants i suppose. You only need one person to install all of your Hard & Software (unless you're a really big company) so if that person has discovered that you can do more for less with Linux , AND in less time than it takes up to boot just one windows7-machine, i guess all is not lost :-)More for Less?
Slightly miss leading here. Yes you can do some of the same things with Linux and Open Source applications, however I have yet to find any thing that can compete fully with Commercial Apps. This includes Gimp, Open Office, mySQL, or any form of Mozilla Suite. I have always granted that for graphic design Mac OS X is better then Microsoft. However I have pointed out frequently that the Apps included or that are available for Linux Distros lack a lot of fuctionality for enterprise.The things that Linux has going for it are server side. This includes Apache, Send Mail, DNS and DHCP. Samba still needs work but is a nice for network share. Finally in order for a bunch of server side apps to work properly you have to either tinker or shut of SELinux which lessens the security of the server.
Linux has come a long ways but it still has a ways to go.