__/ [ thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Saturday 26 May 2007 06:48 \__
> DFS <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I never can find unit sales or installs information. Where do you get
>> your data?
>
> The most comprehensive source is usually IDC. You have to pay a bunch
> for their detailed analysis, but they tend to release the high level
> numbers publicly after a while. For example, they pegged unix server
> sales of Linux at 24% to 28% a few years ago with the desktop at
> something like 3%. They projected 33% server and 6% desktop in 2007.
> The most recent reports I've read were from 2006, and it looked like
> we were on track to hit those numbers.
>
> http://www.idc.com/
>
> One of their newer reports predicts a bit of a slowdown in the server
> market over the next few years as multi-core CPUs and virtualization
> reduces the number of physical servers sold. Interestingly, Linux
> deployment is expected to increase even as over-all server unit sales
> tapers off.
Take anything from IDC with a barrel of salt.
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
,----[ Quote ]
| Part of the problem stems from the reticence of companies such as
| IDC and Gartner to reveal their clients. That should make everyone
| nervous, but it doesn't. So called objective technology publications
| keep publishing material bought by vendors without telling you this.
| They're also too lazy or scared to ignore the likes of Gartner and
| IDC until the firms change their disclosure rules.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
Linux Isn't Just For Grownups Anymore
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| In about a year, through a public school grant program, State of
| Indiana education officials have moved at least 22,000 students
| from Windows-based desktops to Linux-based desktops. That led
| Microsoft to hold up a study by IDC's Government Insights unit...
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http://www.crn.com/sections/custom/custom.jhtml?articleId=196601151
IDC report on Open Document Standards
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| This study is a fact-based analysis of the emerging open document
| standards, Open XML and ODF.
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http://openxmldeveloper.org/archive/2006/11/27/IDC_Open_Document_Standards.aspx
Vista launch to add 100,000 Europe IT jobs: study
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| The study, conducted by research firm IDC and commissioned by Microsoft,
| said Windows Vista will be installed on over 30 million personal computers
| in Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom within the
| first year of shipment.
`----
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060914/tc_nm/microsoft_study_dc
IDC pronounces Linux unimportant to European economy
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34542
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