Star IDC: Linux x86 Growth Outpaced by Microsoft Windows
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Jun 2007 17:08 UTC, submitted by E. Stride
In the News A recent IDC report showed Linux servers continuing to increase market share for x86 architecture with a second consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, but the bigger news could be Microsoft's even bigger surge with Server 2003. The software giant's Server 2003 showed modest gains in Q1, with IDC reporting that Microsoft Windows Server revenue was USD 4.8 billion in Q1. This number represents 10.4% year-over-year growth and a gain of 1.9 points of revenue market share over the same period in 2006. Windows encompassed 38.8% of all server revenue in Q1 of 2007.
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archiesteel
Member since:
2005-07-02

but it is significant enough for EU to start going after Microsoft, right?


The EU isn't going after MS because it has a dominant position on the Server Market. That was MollyC's assertion, but the truth is more complex than that.

So, I'd say it represents major portion of that (server) market.


That requires so many leaps of logic, it's like being inside the mind of a Microsoft marketroid.

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TBPrince Member since:
2005-07-06

The EU isn't going after MS because it has a dominant position on the Server Market. That was MollyC's assertion, but the truth is more complex than that.

Definitely more complex, but Microsoft will bow now because they cannot afford to loose EU market. And how highly publicized "big migrations" showed, Linux is not an alternative good enough. I wouldn't be surprised if EU winks to Solaris now that it is open.

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archiesteel Member since:
2005-07-02

And how highly publicized "big migrations" showed, Linux is not an alternative good enough.


Actually, it *is* a good alternative, which is why "big migrations" as you call them continue to happen.

BTW, the FUD about Munich is getting old. They had problems at the start (being trailblazers of sorts), but things are much smoother now, and the Munich migration can be said to be success (despite Microsoft's propaganda machine portraying it as a failure).

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