Linux marches into Unix territory

Posted by dave on Aug 27, 2004 2:35 PM EDT
Express Computers; By Sng Chee Khiang
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For the last 20 years, Unix has been the platform of choice for mission-critical applications. The OS has proven itself in telecommunications, banking, databases, and data warehousing, among others. But the recent emergence of Linux has prompted some press and industry analysts to predict the decline of Unix. According to IDC, Linux had a 16 percent market share in server OS shipments in 2003 and the number will rise to 27 percent in 2007.

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