Linux Community Questions x86 Server Numbers | Linux Today

Linux Community Questions x86 Server Numbers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 31, 2007

“The Linux community is questioning research that suggests the
open-source operating system is losing market share to Windows on
preinstalled x86 servers, saying that Linux is undercounted in
those kinds of studies.

“An analysis of IDC Quarterly Server Tracker figures for the
past six quarters showed that Linux growth started to falter and
reverse its positive course relative to both Windows Server and the
market as a whole over that period…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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