On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:38:11 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> .. in general, Linux is not nearly as high-volume as Windows is on
> servers. But (it's) significant, so customers want newkinds of interoperability.
"According to IDC .. factory revenue in the worldwide server market
grew at 0.6 percent year-over-year to $12.3 billion in the second
quarter of 2006"
"spending on Linux server moderated significantly, growing 6.1% to
$1.5 billion when compared with 2Q05. Linux servers now represent
12.0% of all server revenue"
"Significantly, quarterly revenue of $4.2 billion for Windows servers
represented 34.2% of overall quarterly factory revenue"
"Linux servers and Windows servers continued to grow unit shipments at
double-digit rates, but revenue growth for both types of servers
moderated to single-digit growth,"
http://computers.tekrati.com/research/News.asp?id=7689
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