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- technoredneck, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2eWeek. My, my what a reliable source. /sarc
- schestowitz, on 10/28/2007, -1/+3They only track sales. Linux is DISTRIBUTED, not sold. Should they also strart counting 1 million Linux servers at Google, fopr example'? It also comes from IDC, which is in Microsoft's pockets and has also shown surveys favourable to Microsoft while other surveys showed the opposite.
IDC Study:
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| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
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| [...]
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| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX0969 ...
IDC pronounces Linux unimportant to European economy (in
Microsoft-commissioned study)
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| A recent IDC white paper on the economic impact of Microsoft's super
| soaraway new Vista operating system seems to be lacking one crucial
| ingredient -- other operating systems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34 ...
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
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| Part of the problem stems from the reticence of companies such as
| IDC and Gartner to reveal their clients. That should make everyone
| nervous, but it doesn't. So called objective technology publications
| keep publishing material bought by vendors without telling you this.
| They're also too lazy or scared to ignore the likes of Gartner and
| IDC until the firms change their disclosure rules.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms ... - adomokos, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2"Linux growth in the U.S. x86 server market has, over the past six quarters, started to falter and reverse its positive course relative to Windows Server and the market as a whole." - I wonder what's the story outside of the US. Canada, Europe, Brazil, India, China? Can the same trend being seen there as well?
- WindsorBoy, on 10/28/2007, -2/+1This report doesn't surprise me. We've seen a steady reduction in interest in Linux among our clients for the last couple of years.
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