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Windows Servers Neck and Neck with Unix Servers
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."
It is not neck and neck anymore, I just brought a windows server so Windows wins by massive margin of US$4,000.
so with the same number of servers, the load they are processing is 50-50 too, right?
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Here are some official numbers from the WGAF 2005 Study of total workload being handled on the net.
Unix 85%
Windows 10%
Other 5%
HOWEVER, these numbers get funny when you factor in computing time spend running malware.
Windows outperforms Unix and others in this important category. Truly Windows has no peers when executing excrement.
Unix
Other
Windows 99.9997
These are REAL NUMBERS folks. every one of them. even the 7
Do blade servers run hot? Or do the British heat their knives over an open flame? Can someone explain to me what the pun is in this sentence???
Maybe he's just been doing hot knives.
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What the heck is running the other 30%?
Cleary Amiga.
Quick! Somebody buy another server and break the tie!
What do you think they run, pixie dust?
Well, actually... yes.
Touch everywhere, even when inappropriate.
Hahahahaha.. Good one.
Okay, so the hard drive is made of pixie dust.. Next thing you'll be telling me they have a genie in there too.
Fuck. Maybe I should have thought this through first.