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Linux Servers Feel Economic Pain
I read a news story by Paul Krill about how Linux OS Server shipments have and will continue to slip by double-digit margins in 2009. Windows Server shipments are hit hard as well but almost 5% less so than those of Linux. The original report came from IDC. |
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Comments (7)
It's an IDC report. They track sales, not installs. Someone buying a no-OS server and installing Debian on it will not show up on IDC's reports.
Of course Linux sales are down. But I bet Linux installs are growing.
Of course Linux sales are down. But I bet Linux installs are growing.
Quoting:Of course Linux sales are down. But I bet Linux installs are growing.Exactly what I was thinking -
OK, that's enough fantasizing. I just ordered a price rise in all Windows Server product line because it is in such high demand. Moreover, I am forcing rewriting all contracts to force our customers to eat the higher pricing. See? That proves Linux has irreversibly lost market share. Numbers don't lie.
The facts are Windows is the Best. It's secure, reasonably priced and stable. [You can get any two, the third costs extra.]
Since you are so unrealistic, I advise you all to Get Off My Planet, NOW! Our motto is: screw your customers, before some else does it for you.
The Bomber
The facts are Windows is the Best. It's secure, reasonably priced and stable. [You can get any two, the third costs extra.]
Since you are so unrealistic, I advise you all to Get Off My Planet, NOW! Our motto is: screw your customers, before some else does it for you.
The Bomber
Quoting:It's secure, reasonably priced and stable. [You can get any two, the third costs extra.]
ROFL
techiem2,
I should have credited Gnumeric, because they had something close to the quote you used: free, stable, fast. Pick any two*. But in my roll as the Bomber, who credits no one it would have been out of character. Moreover, I didn't want to break the spell.
YBT
* Recently it has now become, pick any three.
I should have credited Gnumeric, because they had something close to the quote you used: free, stable, fast. Pick any two*. But in my roll as the Bomber, who credits no one it would have been out of character. Moreover, I didn't want to break the spell.
YBT
* Recently it has now become, pick any three.
The old line is: Good, cheap, or fast; pick any two. It goes back a long way.
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If anything, linux fever seems to be gaining momentum, more targets for migration to linux are being examined. Now in the crosshairs: applications currently running on solaris, aix and naturally, microsoft windoze.
Slowdown? I'm busier than I've been in years!