Linux Expected To Thrive As Economy Recovers (Information Week)

[Posted April 9, 2009 by cook]

Information Week covers predictions made by IDC analyst Al Gillen at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit. "Companies simply aren't investing in new initiatives. In the recession, they will "fall back on existing skills" to get them through a downturn, and part of those existing skills include more use of free Linux, he said. Nevertheless, Linux will emerge as the fastest-growing operating system, post downturn, because of the underlying trends in the market. By 2013, IDC expects revenue from Linux software, servers, and services to equal about half those of the lucrative Unix market, or $35.5 billion versus $74 billion."

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