Linux Education Gap?

http://www.crn.com/ carries a story looking at the education gap between Linux and Windows for Solution Providers.

The rules of good panel etiquette get kind of twisted at places like LinuxWorld, where audience members don't so much raise questions as share, ahem, points of view. But actually, that's a good thing.

One outspoken attendee kept coming back to the issue of raising the level of basic Linux skills and focus as a precursor to true success in the SMB community

A recent survey by CRN's sister group pointed to a definitive correlation between the investment a VAR or systems integrator makes in Linux skills and the revenue it drives from Linux-inclusive solutions.