[luau] News - Gartner predicts $4 billion in Linux server shipments next year

[Warren Togami]

Linux server shipments to double next year
http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/11/16/0055236.shtml?tid=7

"Linux will provide the brightest hope for server manufacturers in the 
next year, according to Gartner-Dataquest's crystal ball. The analyst 
firm reckons that although the server market will only grow by 1 
percent, Linux shipments will double to almost $4 billion, or 9 per cent 
of the market. The OS will expand into telecomms, and further into web 
applications.

"Gartner-Dataquest also reckons that x86-based servers will pip RISC in 
revenue terms for the first time. Analyst Jeffrey Hewitt predicts the 
RISC business will be worth $18.1 billion while Intel servers will top 
$20 billion.