[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“While Microsoft, as always, wants to tie you down,
desktop, laptop, server and all to Windows, Red Hat is continuing
to show that an open-source, open-standards Linux server company
can deliver the IT goods to business customers. Besides owning the
lion’s share of the Linux server market, Linux’s overall
market-share of the server market continues to grow. According to
the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker numbers, despite
the fact that everyone in the server biz’s revenue is taking a hit,
Linux server revenue actually continues to grow. It’s now up to
13.8% of all server revenue, which, in practice, means that Red Hat
is continuing to gain on Windows’ server revenue lead.“You don’t have to take mine or IDC’s word for it. The stock
market agrees. On October 19th, 2009, at the end of the NASDAQ day,
Red Hat’s share price was $28.46 with Microsoft lagging behind it
at $26.36. Yes, that’s right. Red Hat’s shares were worth more than
Microsoft.”