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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>Apple is also a Unix vendor, yet its existence isn't threatened by Open Source software.
Apple is NOT a traditional Unix vendor. Apple just now emerges in the server market, their main strategy is completely workstation-oriented, therefore it has nothing to do with the market of the big 5. Linux can't compete in the workstation/destkop arena yet, therefore, for now, Apple is not part of the "endagered species" as the other Unix vendors are.
>That "Linux hype" is a media creation. I guess most IT reporters know about other free *nix.
Yes, they know about BSD. But most of them STILL prefer Linux. Why? Because it SELLS. This is what the hype is all about,.