“Linux Commercial Shipments Will Increase at a Four-Year Rate of
25%.”
“Through 2003, total Linux commercial shipments will grow faster
than the total shipments of all other International Data
Corporation (IDC) covered client or server operating environments.
IDC estimates Linux commercial shipments will increase at a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25% from 1999 through 2003,
compared with a 10% CAGR for all other client operating
environments combined and a 12% CAGR for all other server operating
environments combined.
“In a new bulletin titled Linux Operating System Market
Overview, IDC presents its first-ever forecast for Linux.”