Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 26th May 2003 23:36 UTC
Linux only has a small percentage of the computing market, however Microsoft already considers it a major competition as the open source OS steals the hearts of many users. Following the hard numbers though, Microsoft also increases its market share on both server and desktop space with time. The only logical explanation is that Linux steals quite a market share from the traditional UNIX providers (SCO, Sun, SGI, HP, IBM). But only Sun seems to truly be in a real Linux trouble, as it is the one with a resistance to Linux integration to its full product range.
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First of all good article.
This change that is going on is just natural evolution taking hold. This has been the standard for many centuries. Take for instance through time there has been many superpowers that have come and gone. Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, the Spanish Empire, the British Commonwealth, and today the United States of America. All these had their glory days, and then have withered away because people change.
This approach is the same in the IT industry. UNIX is like Ancient Greece. It is now dying away to be replaced by the Roman Empire (eg Microsoft), eventually that will fall away to be replaced by another superpower. Like I said before, it is just natural evolution taking place. We don't know when the next big change will happen, but when it does we will be ready for it.