ZDNet UK: 2003 Forecast: Linux Will Eat Unix

“Linux will take market share from Unix and IT spending will
increase, but among IDC’s more sobering precictions is that the
Internet could be brought to its knees

“Among one technology researcher’s predictions for 2003 is this
sobering thought: A major cyberterrorism event will disrupt the
economy and bring the Internet to its knees for at least a day or
two…

“Other visions in IDC’s crystal ball for 2003 are that sales of
midrange server computers will rebound to positive growth after a
20 percent contraction in 2002; that adoption of 64-bit computing
will be slow; and that the Linux operating system will snag market
share from the Unix operating system…”

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