Server growth beats analyst forecast

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Look again at Microsoft

Like I have been saying for the last couple years.. Microsoft in the server room is TOAST!

You'll have to keep saying it, because it's hard to see.

About Linux:
Another third-quarter bright spot was sales of servers using the Linux operating system, which rose to $743 million in the quarter, a 49.8 percent increase over the year-earlier period and the sixth consecutive quarter of growth.

In round numbers, growth from $500 to $750million. Not bad, a +- $250 million gain.

And then, of course, there's Windows:
Servers using Windows also grew, rising 10.3 percent to $3.4 billion, IDC said. "Even though we see this tremendous growth in Linux servers, it is not preventing the Windows market from growing," Bozman said.

So, Windows increased by about $300 million, a bit more than Linux, most likely. And sales were about 4.5 times those for Linux.

Not losing ground at all.


And the good news for Unix is its dying off more slowly. Despite Sun's expanded line, sounds like the company's slowly on its way out with Unix.
Guess they were Microsoft's old competitors, huh?!

Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 11/26/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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