LF: Enterprise Linux Growth Outpaces Windows [LWN.net]

The Linux Foundation has announced the availability of its annual Enterprise End User Report. "Because this is the third year we've surveyed the world's largest enterprises and The Linux Foundation's End User Council about Linux adoption, we're able to share some interesting trending data. But perhaps most interesting is the opportunity to understand how Linux is outpacing Windows in server revenue in the enterprise. IDC's latest quarterly tracker shows Linux growing at 12.7 percent year-over-year while Windows is stagnating at 3.2 percent year-over-year growth. In fact, the quarter prior (Q312), Windows was actually in decline while Linux was growing."

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LF: Enterprise Linux Growth Outpaces Windows

Posted Mar 28, 2013 18:49 UTC (Thu) by dkg (subscriber, #55359) [Link]

"server revenue"? are we measuring by installs or by dollars? what kind of silly comparison is this? One way that "server revenue" could be increasing is if "enterprise vendors" are simply charging more for Linux installations than they used to (or, charging less for Windows installations).