Linux Servers Grew 36% in Canada in 2004

An anonymous reader writes "Linux adoption in Canada is growing, in both volume and acceptance. According to a recent survey by IDC Canada, the server market for Linux grew more than 36 per cent here in 2003-2004, beating the Windows server market's growth of about 27 per cent for the same year."

Comments

Impending Linux Doom!

[Anonymous Coward]

Linux Servers grow 36%, can no longer fit in 1U enclosures.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

Effectively immediately all Linux servers will begin to assume their new size, approximately 36% larger than their current size.

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I mean, can't you guys at least try to get titles and stories to match?

Bigger server rooms!

[MoogMan]

Linux Servers Grew 36% in Canada in 2004

Woah! We're all gonna have to find bigger server rooms now!

36% more servers?

[Anonymous Coward]

So I guess Canda now has three more servers and a stray expansion card laying about. Those ten old servers were really starting to strain.

Interesting

[Saiyine]

But I'd prefer global stats.

This is an easy +5, dudes!

Re:Interesting

[cryptoz]

More global?

In other news, Linux servers grew 0% in Burkina Faso this week.

Re:Interesting

[FidelCatsro]

I wouldn't count on that actualy
http://www.bookandhost.com/domains/countrydomains/ bf.asp
http://www.urjaonline.com/web-hosting-Burkina-Faso .asp
http://distrowatch.com/stats.php?section=countries &country=BF
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/French_Ministry_of_ Foreign_Affairs_and_Mandrakesoft_launch_...._s3526 5.html
Not all totally about linux or not totally up to date , but it does show that in Burkina Faso that linux has made some impact , so i would expect that server use is up to some extent though i couldn't give you hard figures without commissioning a study

In related news,

[suitepotato]

American television program production back ends grew in Linux usage by a similar amount.

Eh?

[jericho4.0]

Assuming that these stats actually mean something, and that they indicate a stronger growth of Linux in Canada as compared to the US, I wonder why that should be so? ( I think it's safe to assume I could pull up any number of numbers to "prove" what ever I want)

There's only a small difference in economic factors, education, and PHB behaviour. Maybe combined it's enough, and this data indicates a Linux 'tipping point'.

Is that 36% US or 36% Canadian?

[allanc]

If that's 36% in Canadian percentages, that's only like 27% US.

--AC

Re:Is that 36% US or 36% Canadian?

[superpulpsicle]

The keyword being "SURVEY". Any statistics based on surveys are debatable. You ask me how many linux box I have, I'll scream 20 just for the hell of it.

It's because of the NHL lockout

[oncebitten]

"Hey hoser, what are we gonna do tonight? No Leafs game on Hockey Night in Canada."

"Let's install Gentoo, eh? And pound some Blue while we're waiting".

"Take off, eh!"

Canuck~Ix

[Azzhole]

Considering that the two best Linux distros are Xandros and Libranet, It doez not surprize me that Linux is popular in the great white northland.

this tells nothing

[l3v1]

Really. x% growth from amount A can be more or less then y% growth from amount B. 10% growth from 100 totals at 110, 5% growth from 100000 totals at 105000. One is 10 pieces, the other is 5000, with less %.

Having said that, I'm happy to see more Linuxes adopted, at whatever pace. Whatever amount of raise is a Good Thing.