[ Thanks to Eddis
Jefferson for this link. ]
“With all of the media squawking over the Windows 2000 launch,
you’d think Microsoft MSFT was already dead and buried.”
“Check out a few of the headlines I ran across on some financial
sites: “Windows Delays Give Linux a Chance,” “Microsoft Foes Say
They Already Beat Windows 2000,” and my favorite, “Windows 2000
Launch Has Some Looking at Linux Stocks” (as if nobody was looking
at Linux stocks before the launch).”
“… Microsoft is going to make a ton of money from Windows
2000. A ton. Of money.”
“Linux’s market share had exploded from 16% of the operating
system units shipped in 1998 to 25% of units shipped in 1999, which
is tremendous growth by any measure. Bad news for Microsoft, right?
Well, not really…”
“Linux’s share of server operating system revenue was a
measly 0.6%, while Windows NT got a fat 30% share of server
operating system revenue. Conclusion? Nobody makes much money from
a free operating system.”