“VA Linux Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:LNUX) and International Data
Corporation (IDC) today announced that IDC will re-categorize and
track VA Linux Systems as a “brand-name” vendor in its Commercial
Systems and Servers program. With the re-categorization, VA Linux
Systems ranks as one of the top five vendors in IDC’s statistics on
Linux server shipments for Q4 1999.”
“The revised Top 5 Vendors for Linux Server Unit Shipments, Q499
are as follows:
Q499 Market Share
Compaq 18,088 25%
IBM 7,001 10%
Hewlett-Packard 5,429 7%
Dell 5,158 7%
VA Linux Systems 3,645 5%
Fujitsu Siemens 2,286 3%
Other 30,815 43%
Total 72,422 100%
Source: IDC, 2000″