Open Source Market Research Statistics

Last updated: 8/13/2002; 8:21:38 AM

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Open Source Market Research Statistics

Seen on 8/13/2002 - From: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-949276.html

Linux server shipments and sales are lower than of their Windows counterparts and Unix alternatives, but they're growing faster, according to market researcher IDC. Linux server shipments are expected to increase 28 percent to 622,000 from 2001 to 2002, compared with a 12 percent increase to 2.8 million servers for Windows and a 5 percent increase to 693,000 for Unix. Spending on Linux servers is predicted to grow 32 percent per year through 2006, compared with 5 percent annual growth for Unix servers and 9 percent for Windows servers.