The recent announcement by Gartner that Windows Server software is outselling Linux is no surprise when you consider the numbers are based upon revenue and not pure sales…
The numbers showed the more expensive Windows-based servers taking 37 percent of revenue in the last quarter; less expensive Linux server software took 31.7 percent. This revenue-based report may make the news a bit easier to swallow within the Linux community…
On the other hand, Microsoft clearly has Linux within its crosshairs, and its promotion machine, heavily focused on integration benefits, is speaking the language CIOs and IT managers want to hear, according to this writer. It may be time for the Linux community to again take note of past Microsoft competitors like Netscape and OS/2…n/c

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