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Linux Server Sales to Reach $9.1 Billion by 2008

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the popular-penguins dept.

dunric writes "ZDNet is reporting that sales of servers using Linux will reach a whopping $9.1 billion by 2008. Annual revenue for Linux servers is expected to grow by a healthy 22.8 percent, compared to just 3.8 percent for the overall server market. Additionally, Linux servers will account for nearly 26% of all server shipments."

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  1. Re:I havent been counted... by dave420 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Also remember that people buy linux boxes (as they don't come with the MS tax), and install a pirate copy of windows on there.

    These statistics are pulled out of peoples' asses to prove whatever point someone wants to make on any given day.