____/ Rick on Tuesday 16 October 2007 01:11 : \____
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> "Faster than Windows products, apparently..."
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> I guess Dell is fairly happy about Linux sales ...
Not "faster". "Much faster". As a whole.
Server sales turn vendors into very happy bunnies
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| X86 server sales generated 50 per cent of factory revenue for the first time,
| growing 16 per cent year on year. Sales of Windows servers grew by 14 per
| cent annually but Linux revs were up 34 per cent. ^^^^^^
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41894
Red Hat's growth last quarter was this:
Red Hat profit rises on 42 percent revenue hike
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| Red Hat distributes open source Linux software and charges
| companies a subscription to provide updates and other technical support.
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http://open.itworld.com/5033/070627red/page_1.html
It rose even more shraply in their last report.
There's a direct relation between the level of Microsoft (and proxies) FUD and
the level of Linux growth. Just wait until the EU ruling kicks in. Linux will
then /really/ start jumping.
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