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.
