IDC: Linux Ecosystem Worth $40 Billion by 2010
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| Sizing the Linux market ecosystem is no easy task. Downloads of
| Linux operating systems and applications are not an accurate
| measure. Analyst firm IDC, however, has a handle on the market
| and its size, and it's large.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3659961
IDC is typically doing studies for Microsoft (paid-for data). I think it's
also them who masked Microsoft sponsorship (see bottom).
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
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| 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
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.
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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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| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
|
| [...]
|
| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
(document may not be accessible because Microsoft paid Iowa an undisclosed
amount, probably using software vouchers, to have this torrent of
damaging E-mail exchanges come to an end)
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