[H-GEN] 1999 Linux Shipment Data from IDC (fwd)

[Martin Pool]

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IDC published a 1999 review of the server OS market.  Below are the
highlights, but feel free to e-mail if you'd like a PDF copy.   

* From 1998-1999, Linux showed tremendous growth of 93.2% in total
license shipments (697,000 shipments in 1998 vs. 1,347,000 shipments in
1999).
* The share of Linux shipments jumped from 4th in 1998 (15.8% share) to
2nd in 1999 (24.6% share).  Linux had more unit shipments in 1999 than
NetWare or all UNIX flavors combined.  In terms of total license
shipments in 1999, NT had the leading share with 38.1%.    
* The growth in Linux unit shipments was 650,000 in 1999 vs. 399,000 for
NT.  Linux unit shipments growth was 63% greater than the unit shipment
growth for NT.  

Who's asking whether or not Linux will be a serious operating system?   

-- 
Karl J. Meyer, Business Development Manager
Linuxcare, Inc.
650 Townsend Street, San Francisco CA 94103
tel: 415.354.4878 x320, fax: 415.701.7457
kmeyer at linuxcare.com, http://www.linuxcare.com

Linuxcare. At the center of Linux.


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