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Windows, Linux gain in server sales
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“Microsoft is moving into a ‘dominant role’ in the server market, says IDC, ‘even as Linux grows.’ Which is an intriguing headline to the research outfit’s take on the 2002 operating system market, but who’s winning?
The data IDC puts forward perhaps speaks of a more even match than ‘dominant role’ suggests. The company notes that Microsoft’s share of new server licence shipments grew from 50.5 per cent in 2001 to 55.1 per cent in 2002, while paid for (aha…) Linux server licences took 23.1 per cent of the market. The paid for market itself grew 9.6 per cent.”