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Windows Servers Neck and Neck with Unix Servers

Posted by Zonk on from the five-bucks-on-unix dept.

BrainSurgeon writes "According to the Register, Windows based servers are now even with Unix based servers in terms of sales for the first time ever." From the article: "In an overall up server market, IDC counted $4.2bn worth of Microsoft Windows server sales on the back of 12 percent growth. Total Unix sales also hit $4.2bn in the period, IDC said, on 3 per cent revenue growth. Those totals left Microsoft and Unix systems holding 35 per cent of the server market each."

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  1. Re:Makes sense. by gspr · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    1) Access? Excuse me? OK, fine, there are alot of bad things to say about MySQL, but it'll beat Access any day, between breakfast and lunch!

    2) Heard of X's networking abilities? Or VNC, if you want something more in the style of Remote Desktop.

    3) I don't even know what the hell that is...

  2. Re:Misleading headline by YU+Nicks+NE+Way · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    in general, Microsoft-based solutions cost a whole lot more than Unix-based solutions.
    Insightful, my ass.

    The report discusses server OS sales. Unix-based servers generally cost vastly more than Microsoft servers, with or without an operating system.