Red Hat Plans to “Own” 50% of Server Market by 2015

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 30, 2007

“The always anticipated IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker
factory revenue numbers were released November 29. This batch is
for the period ended September 30, 2007.

“In the numbers, Windows-based server shipment revenue crossed
the 40% threshold for the first time. But despite conventional
wisdom about a battle between Linux and Windows, Windows gains over
time are at the expense of ‘other,’ basically the mainframe.
Unix/Linux-based system factory revenue maintained its overall
market-share leadership at just under 45%…”


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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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