Linux servers are counted separately according to IDC report. On 8/30/05, Matt Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:02:41 -0500, Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF > > > >IBM captured 31 percent of the $4.3 billion in Unix server sales in the > >second quarter, edging out Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sun Microsystems > >Inc., who recorded 30 percent and 29.5 percent respectively, research > >firm IDC said Friday. > > > > I wonder what gets counted as a "Unix server". P-Series obviously > qualifies. > How about z/Series, which might be running VM, z/OS, Linux, or all of the > above. Does IBM necessarily know whether a z/box is a "Unix server"? If > the customer doesn't buy any software licenses, he's probably running > Linux. > If he buys z/VM, he may or may not be running Linux. And does a z/OS > system always qualify as a "Unix server", or does it depend on how heavily > the USS part gets used? > > And how about X-series, which might be running Linux or BSD? > > I really think it would be difficult to get an accurate estimate of how > much > of IBM's hardware revenue is "Unix servers". > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >
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