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Under a Big Blue Shadow
PenguinCandidate writes "Linux server market share numbers can be tricky, with HP touting itself as a leader and IBM garnering all the press. For one analyst, it's all about identity." From the article: "HP can say that it has led the worldwide Linux server market for 29 consecutive quarters. HP can also say with confidence, thanks to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker from May 2005, that it outpaced IBM by nearly eight percentage points in quarterly revenue share. And yet, that Big Blue thundercloud remains. "
Well another important issue is IBM's more apparent commitment to both Linux and Open-Source. It may just be marketing for all I know, but we hear a whole lot more about IBM paying for this and donating that to Linux & F/OSS than HP.
"A truly wise man realizes he knows nothing."
... want a nice big mainframe in my closet running linux.
The mere thought makes me wet whenever I say, "Linux Mainframe"
Linux Mainframe... ooh.
Shadus
Mod parent up. Its not so much about HP's recent performance, its about where its going. Can ANYONE explain to me their UNIX roadmap in simple, direct terms? Roadmap for Tru64? What's up with Itanium? Storage? WILL THEY KEEP THEIR IMAGING/PRINTING DIVISION???
HP is still a big profitable company, but they've lagged in innovation in recent years (thanks Carly). The article submitter alludes to some of HP's recent 'successes', but I suspect a thorough analysis will show market erosion in almost every product line. HP is losing ground on multiple fronts...they need to stop the bleeding.
John Maynard Keynes: "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?"
The analysis is interesting. The article says HP failed at marketing. For all the criticisms that Carly turned HP into a make nothing market everything company, this article would seem to refute that. That in fact HP was doing lots with Linux and reaping the rewards in sales, but failing ot let the world know about it.
On the contrary (not that it is anything new) IBM is marketing the crap out of Linux.
I guess this is proof that if it didn't end up on Carly's radar she couldn't ruin it with marketing BS.
I tried for 5 years to come up with a clever sig...only to realize that I am not clever.
But HP replaced Carly with Mark GNU/Hurd! Surely that's gotta count for something?
The worst part about those fans was that noise they made that filled the server room.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL LLLLLL!
Made it hard to concentrate. :)
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Street cred?
Dey were all like 'Yo! you be puttin' dis Windows on dat PC!' and I was like all 'What bitch? You be dissin my machine wit dat shiznit?!?' Den I got all Gentoo on their ass. Damn posers.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
- Charles Darwin