Linux Market to Triple by 2012 | Linux Today

Linux Market to Triple by 2012

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 12, 2008

“Analyst firm Research and Markets has just put out a project on
Linux-based server and client hardware sales, and is projecting
that the market will more than triple between 2007 and 2012.

“A market for a platform is not the same as an ecosystem for it,
which is much larger in that it includes the cost of people and
third-party software and services for the code that runs atop the
platform. So the R&M Linux market numbers might seem a little
small…”

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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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