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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yes, I could see an Ultra Sparc III based Mac. 90% of the cost associated with UltraSparc's pricing is due to two things, firstly the lack of volume/economies of scale which can be corrected via the large number of Macs sold each year, and secondly, the pricing of UltraSparc III chips have a truck load of cache on it. Scale the cache down to 512K for desktop use and you won't have a problem.