Based on the restored demand for enterprise servers that began late last year, researchers at IDC are predicting strong growth for server systems through 2008, especially for Linux & Windows-based boxes.
Windows to Hit 60 Percent of Server Unit Shipments by 2008
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This 60% figure is calculated by revenue share, and I don’t know why it continually gets continually bandied around. Well, actually I do.
This revenue share seems to have now manifested itself into ‘shipments’. By shipments Windows is more likely to be 35 – 40% by 2008, if you read into the report carefully that is
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But hasn’t IDC said a couple years ago that Linux has alredy a market share of 25-26%?
On the other side, very often you need more Windows servers than Linux servers for the same kind of application.
How can they think they can predict what the market share of certain servers be with all that is happening right now in the server market.
“How can they think they can predict what the market share of certain servers be with all that is happening right now in the server market.”
In many ways there is not much happening in the server market “right now” as you put it. Much of what is happening is little more than hype coming from all directions. The choices are much the same as they were a year ago, nothing earth shattering has taken place.
Large corportation make decisions a very long time prior to actual implementation. Items on the drawing board today may not find themselves in use for several years. Business moves slowly and cautiously when selecting the course they will follow.
I suspect by polling IT managers/project managers you would find their numbers to be somewhere “in the ballpark”.
The reason why Microsoft dominates desktop OS market is because Windows is user friendly. As I know MS server side products is not so user friendly (or system admin friendly). Rules in the server OS market are little different, and I guess that many CIO’s or some other decision makers choose Microsoft simply because MS is on their desktop (software and markting brochures).
“The reason why Microsoft dominates desktop OS market is because Windows is user friendly.”
LMAO. You actually believe that nonsense? The reason Microsoft has a large share of the desktop OS marktet is mainly due to most computer manufactures shipping Windows on their systems preinstalled. I won’t even mention Microsoft’s infamous cut-throat and illegal business tactics here. Window’s domination sas very little to nothing to do with how much user-friendly it is(which is debatable in itself).
“The reason Microsoft has a large share of the desktop OS marktet is mainly due to most computer manufactures shipping Windows on their systems preinstalled.”
And those same computer manufactures like MONEY. They can charge a good deal more for Windows than what Microsoft charges them for it. Small wonder most will not sell you a system without Windows pre-installed, it would be taking MONEY out of their own pockets. The OEM’s like to pass the blame off on MS, but thats sort of hiding behind the truth.
OEM’s don’t care to get involved in offering tech support. It costs them MONEY. Windows is easy to support for the OEM’s, they simply tell ever customer to call MS. LMAO
<—– agrees with OmegaBlac
I mean the other day someone put out that Linux would have 29% of server shipments and today windows will have 60% of whatever they’re basing this number off of. Wonder who the 10% is going to.
OS X maybe?
freebsd, of course. Anyway i am doubtful about this kind os statistics. It seems to me they sort of advertise products instead of anlyzing the real situation
Wow, I thought Windows was just a desktop OS. It looks like they are making huge progress in the server space as well. This is not the first article I’ve read about Window’s penatration into the server market. Considering Unix used to be king in the server arena, and MS a relative new comer, this is a huge win for MS.
I think the Linux communty is spending too much time trying to compete for the desktop. They should be worried about losing their large server share, since this is supposedly Linux’s strong hold.
this is a huge win for MS.
This possibly not occurring projection is a huge win?
I think the Linux communty is spending too much time trying to compete for the desktop. They should be worried about losing their large server share, since this is supposedly Linux’s strong hold.
why can’t Linux focus on the desktop more since the server market for Linux is already a shoe in!
“Wow, I thought Windows was just a desktop OS. It looks like they are making huge progress in the server space as well. This is not the first article I’ve read about Window’s penatration into the server market. Considering Unix used to be king in the server arena, and MS a relative new comer, this is a huge win for MS. ”
unless you have been living under a shell windows nt made some considerable progress. linux is actually getting it back
Wow, I thought Windows was just a desktop OS. It looks like they are making huge progress in the server space as well. This is not the first article I’ve read about Window’s penatration into the server market. Considering Unix used to be king in the server arena, and MS a relative new comer, this is a huge win for MS.
Windows’ competitor in the server space is (or was, depending on your perspective) Netware. It’s only recently they’ve started targeting services traditionally provided by *nix machines (eg: Terminal Services). Windows’ server marketshare has primarily come at the cost of Netware servers, or environments where Netware would have gone.
I think the Linux communty is spending too much time trying to compete for the desktop. They should be worried about losing their large server share, since this is supposedly Linux’s strong hold.
Linux’s server marketshare has come almost totally at the cost of proprietry/commercial unixes. With a few exceptions (eg: SuSe OpenExchange) it remains almost completely targeted at the services traditionally provided by *nix hosts. Linux (and Unix) and Windows are not particularly big competitors in the server market *yet*.
actually the needing more windows computers only applies when your network is doing real work, in the small office and home office area where you usually have one windows server it’s just doing backups and windows share’s so running linux isn’t going to reduce the number of servers needed.
” viruses and worms can even take over the server space. ”
well, viruses and worms can be created for any platform. its just easier for windows-based platforms.
YOu know, IDC has been wrong before. IBM and other people have chosen Linux because its actually a platform with potential to beat Windows.
BTW, what many people don’t realize is that many companies have windows server for domain controllers, internal servers etc. While their “public” servers are often run on Linux or Unix.
BTW, I like when if IDC says something pro-linux it is the word of god, if it is pro MS then “they have been wrong before”.
I think this is funny.