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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. Ironic by dshaw858 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ironic... since linux is free :)

    I think that Microsoft will take a big blow from this news, since even though linux is free, it's raking in $9.1bn...

    - dshaw

  2. Just wait by proteonic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just wait for more FUD coming from MS in response to this.. any bets.. hours, days, weeks?

  3. Not surprising. by FireballX301 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "After a double-digit decline in worldwide factory revenue in 2002, to $44.3 billion in server sales, the server market has stabilized, and preliminary 2003 results show the server market growing 2.2% to $45.3 billion," said Lloyd Cohen, research director of IDC's Global Enterprise Server Solutions group. "Much of the excess server inventory generated by the thousands of dot-coms going out of business has been absorbed, and the demand for additional IT equipment has returned." -from http://www.mindbranch.com/listing/product/R104-145 56.html So in essence, people got smart. Linux servers cut costs. Companies need to keep costs down to prevent themselves from imploding, as they all did in the boom. So, with the industry back on the upswing, they choose the cheaper and wiser option.