“A comprehensive survey of over 2200 IT, education, and
government decision makers reveals that Microsoft Windows 2000 will
not only fend off the Linux/Open Unix threat, but will, in fact,
have no real competition for the next few years at least. The
survey indicates that Linux will experience massive percentage
gains in marketshare over the next two years but that Windows will
maintain or increase its lead regardless. The biggest growth for
Windows will occur in the largest enterprises, while Linux is
proving popular with smaller companies.
“‘The open-source Unix movement is a true inflection point for
the computing industry,’ says Peter Auditore, the president of
BI/DW Research. ‘It does not, however, threaten Microsoft’s
dominance…'”