Sales up for Linux servers
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on February 10, 2003 at 8:40:19 PM
A 90% increase in sales in Q4 from last year. And the OS is free, so their paying for the hardware and support. Good deal if you ask me!
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IBM was the chief beneficiary of Linux server revenue, taking in some $159.9 million in sales, up from $75.6 million a year earlier. Hewlett-Packard saw sales rise to $80.2 million, up 81 percent from $44.3 million a year earlier. Dell Computer's Linux server revenue grew nearly 66 percent, but fell behind HP, with fourth-quarter sales of $77.1 million, compared with $46.4 million a year earlier. Sun Microsystems, which started selling Linux servers just last year, took in $1.3 million in the fourth quarter, up from $912,500 in the third quarter.