Linux: from niche to mainstream
p2pnet.net News:- Linux adoption is still growing, and growing fast, says a new study.
The combined Linux market – desktops, servers, and packaged software running on Linux – will exceed $35 billion by 2008, with $10 billion of that coming from Linux PC sales, says an IDC Linux market share and forecast study announced yesterday by OSDL, the Open Source Development Labs.
The study predicts Linux will be the fasted growing server operating system environment, and, “anticipates that the combined worldwide market for desktops, servers, and packaged software running on Linux will grow at a 2003-2008 compound annual growth rate of 25.9 percent worldwide, reaching $35.7 billion by 2008,” says Linux World.
The study is based on existing IDC research conducted on server hardware, PC hardware, software, and other research programs in conjunction with what the OSDL announcement describes as “new primary research, including a demand-side study that covered ten countries around the world on customer adoption, plans and perceptions relating to Linux,” says the story.
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$35 billion – Report: Linux Gathering Pace, Moving “From Niche to Mainstream”, Linux World, December 16, 2004
