Linux, Windows Server both hit by economy

Apr 03, 2009, 21:33 (5 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Paul Krill)

"The IDC quarterly forecast of worldwide x86 server OS shipments for the year 2009, released last month, has Linux declining year over year by 16.1 percent, from 1.747 million shipments last year to nearly 1.47 million in 2009. Windows Server is slated to drop by 12.8 percent, from 5.75 million units in 2008 to about 5.016 million units this year, the syndicated report stated."

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