[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“IBM and Dell Computer wrestled market share away from
Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems in 2002, a grim year in which
overall sales dropped 8 percent to $43 billion, a new study
said…“Sales of Linux servers increased 63 percent from 2001 to 2002,
from $1.3 billion to $2 billion, Gartner said. The move mirrors a
more dramatic 90 percent growth in the United States in the fourth
quarter.“IBM leads the Linux market with $759 million in revenue–more
than twice its 2001 sales–and 37 percent market share. HP, in
second place, had $507 million in revenue, while third-place Dell
had $365 million. Dell, though, lost 5 percentage points of market
share while IBM gained 8.3 percentage points…”
Related Story:
CNET News: Sales Increase for U.S. Linux Servers(Feb 11,
2003)