[ Thanks to Harry for
this link. ]
“The Linux challenge to Microsoft seem to be getting stiffer by
the day. The latest market research report from IDC shows that a
quarter of new servers in the market have Linux as their
OS….”
“Linux will have a dramatic effect on the server OS software
market in that sales growth of the overall market will slow to a
trickle. While unit shipments of server operating systems are
expected to grow at an annual rate of almost 17 per cent from 1999
to 2004, revenue will grow barely more than one per cent
annually.”