Windows, Linux grow while Unix stays flat (but undefeated)
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| Gartner, at its data center conference this week, said Windows is expected to
| get $19.6 billion this year rising to $22.2 billion by 2012. Linux,
| meanwhile, will grow from $8.6 billion to $12.2 billion over that same
| period.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9049398
They still measure everything in terms of money and only count brand-new
preloaded units (Linux is usually installed, even on old machines).
Putting Linux in Perspective
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| Much like your Linux system choices of today, there were choices back in
| 1986. In the article I looked at three versions of real UNIX (meaning
| software licensed from AT&T) and two clones. Also, much like today, I didn't
| come up with the one single best answer. Each had advantages and
| disadvantages.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005754
Related:
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
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