Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 26th Nov 2005 17:02 UTC, submitted by Mehta Bhai
"The Linux community was left stunned when Windows Server software outsold Linux in the server market. Gartner, Inc. recently reported that sales of Windows systems accounted for nearly 37 percent of all server revenue in the last quarter while Linux accounted for 31.7 percent. Windows has a 5+ percent lead over Linux, which should be the cause for celebration at Microsoft. Is this the downfall or, as they say, the beginning of the end of Linux? Most definitely not. Before the folks at Redmond rejoice too much, there are some things they need to consider."
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I think people are getting confused here. Linux may run more webservers than Windows, but in the general fileserver/mailserver domain of the corporation you have to be kidding if you're shocked that Linux is behind.
I'm more shocked it's such a close thing!
And narrowing Windows' competition to just Linux is not realistic either, in my experience, Solaris is used about twice as often as Linux in the enterprise.