internetnews.com: Unix Still (Kind of) Holding Its Own

"The operating system that powers the lion's share of servers is losing ground to Windows and Linux. Unix is losing so much ground that IT research firm IDC is predicting Windows will take over as the dominant server operating system by the year 2008.

"IDC's upcoming 'Worldwide Server Customer Revenue, 2004 vs. 2008, by Operating System' predicts a flat growth rate for Unix servers shipped through 2008. The total server market for 2008 is only expected to reach $60.9 billion..."

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