[CS-FSLUG] Microsoft Vs Unix: Its a tie for the firsttime

[Stephen J. McCracken]

Christopher Rose wrote:
> I shouldn' be surprised if next year Linux gains an additional 47.8%.
> I think that people are finally starting to see that Linux works
> extremely well, if not better, in an area previously dominated by
> micro$oft.
> 
>>> 
>>>> The worldwide computer server market grew 5.3 per cent to $12.1
>>>> billion in the first quarter, with revenue for servers running
>>>> the Microsoft Corp Windows operating system equalling that of
>>>> Unix servers for the first time, market research firm IDC said
>>>> on Friday.
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=92229
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> What I found very interesting was the 35.2% surge in GNU/Linux
>>> servers.
>>> 

On a quick scan of the article I found it hard to do real comparisons. 
There is a mix of "revenue growth" numbers and "unit growth" numbers 
there with a mix of Windows, Unix, and Linux.  With MS servers probably 
being more expensive, equal revenue growth doesn't mean equal unit growth.

sjm