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  1. Re:Ah well, it's more fud. on Gartner Claims Less Linux Than IDC · · Score: 1

    jidar, read the Gartner piece. It specifically said that the respondents were asked what OS was (or will be) running on the purchased servers, not what OS was shipped with their server. Gartner's Hewitt said:

    "We went to end users, rather than looking at just sales numbers, and asked them what servers they had bought over the past three months and what operating system they had installed on it over the same period," Hewitt said. "There was no question about whether Linux was preinstalled or not, we simply asked about new shipments and this is what we found."
  2. Re:absurd on Gartner Claims Less Linux Than IDC · · Score: 1

    Hey dummy -- read the Gartner piece. It specifically said that the respondents were asked what OS was (or will be) running on the purchased servers, not what OS was shipped with their server. Gartner's Hewitt said:

    "We went to end users, rather than looking at just sales numbers, and asked them what servers they had bought over the past three months and what operating system they had installed on it over the same period," Hewitt said. "There was no question about whether Linux was preinstalled or not, we simply asked about new shipments and this is what we found."
  3. Re:What's a PHB to do? on Gartner Claims Less Linux Than IDC · · Score: 1

    Hey dummy: Read the Gartner piece. It specifically said that the respondents were asked what OS was (or will be) running on the purchased servers, not what OS was shipped with their server. Gartner's Hewitt said:

    "We went to end users, rather than looking at just sales numbers, and asked them what servers they had bought over the past three months and what operating system they had installed on it over the same period," Hewitt said. "There was no question about whether Linux was preinstalled or not, we simply asked about new shipments and this is what we found."
  4. Re:the real world on Gartner Claims Less Linux Than IDC · · Score: 1

    Hey dummy, read the Gartner piece. It specifically said that the respondents were asked what OS was (or will be) running on the purchased servers, not what OS was shipped with their server. Gartner's Hewitt said,

    "We went to end users, rather than looking at just sales numbers, and asked them what servers they had bought over the past three months and what operating system they had installed on it over the same period," Hewitt said. "There was no question about whether Linux was preinstalled or not, we simply asked about new shipments and this is what we found."
  5. Re:Dur Hay on Gartner Claims Less Linux Than IDC · · Score: 1

    Hey dummy, read the Gartner piece. It specifically said that the respondents were asked what OS was (or will be) running on the purchased servers, not what OS was shipped with their server. Gartner's Hewitt said --

    "We went to end users, rather than looking at just sales numbers, and asked them what servers they had bought over the past three months and what operating system they had installed on it over the same period," Hewitt said. "There was no question about whether Linux was preinstalled or not, we simply asked about new shipments and this is what we found."
  6. Re:Ok... on Gartner Claims Less Linux Than IDC · · Score: 1

    Hey dummy, read the Gartner piece. It specifically said that the respondents were asked what OS was (or will be) running on the purchased servers, not what OS was shipped with their server. Gartner's Hewitt said

    "We went to end users, rather than looking at just sales numbers, and asked them what servers they had bought over the past three months and what operating system they had installed on it over the same period," Hewitt said. "There was no question about whether Linux was preinstalled or not, we simply asked about new shipments and this is what we found."
  7. Re:not to be taken without a grain of salt... on Gartner Claims Less Linux Than IDC · · Score: 1

    Hey dummy, read the Gartner piece. It specifically said that the respondents were asked what OS was (or will be) running on the purchased servers, not what OS was shipped with their server. Gartner's Hewitt said:

    "We went to end users, rather than looking at just sales numbers, and asked them what servers they had bought over the past three months and what operating system they had installed on it over the same period," Hewitt said. "There was no question about whether Linux was preinstalled or not, we simply asked about new shipments and this is what we found."