Windows Finally Beats Unix, But Linux Is Coming on Strong

Well, so much for the server wars! OK, perhaps that was a little premature. The reality is that Linux will make a come back and likely even stronger than ever…

Well, it finally happened.

After years of “Unix is sick,” “Unix is dying” and “Unix is dead” headlines, Windows, according to IDC, has finally overtaken Unix as the No. 1 pre-installed server operating system.

This may come as a surprise to some people, who’ve assumed that Windows has been No. 1 for quite some time. Nope. Windows has been No. 2 on servers for ages.

At long, long last, however, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, “for the first time the Windows server segment modestly exceeded spending for Unix servers as customers deployed more fully configured Windows servers in support of scalable enterprise workloads and server virtualization projects.[Read the rest]

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