__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 31 May 2007 23:45 \__
> On May 31, 3:07 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Worldwide Revenue from Standalone Open Source Software Will Grow 26% to
>> Reach $5.8 Billion by 2011, IDC Research Indicates
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The market for standalone open source software (OSS) is in a
>> | significant growth stage, a new study from IDC reveals.
>> `----
>
> Well they're lowballing it, if they say there will only be 26% growth
> in 4 years, that's like 6% a year. I'll wager it will be a lot more
> than that.
Indeed. Just as an example:
2010: Russia's open software market to grow 4-fold
,----[ Quote ]
| Analysts note that Linux vendors are traditionally present on the mobile
| device market. According to forecasts the OS might become the leader in
| the segment accounting for 40% of it by 2010. ?Currently the share of
| mobile devices with Linux OS is not big in Russia as compared to other
| countries, such as China, for instance. However, the producer's policy,
| Nokia in particular testifies to the fact the situation is changing
| for the better", Ms. Karaeva concluded.
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/05/15/249978
China Linux Market Will Grow at Annual Rate of 34%, Says R&M
,----[ Quote ]
| It is predicted that in China, Linux market (both server and client)
| will grow with an annual rate of 34 %. The client-side share growth
| will be comparatively faster.
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http://eb-asia.com/article.asp?id=7528
You know which people IDC analysts have their lunch with. As I said, while
all analysts consistently predict that Linux will dominate smartphones and
Windows will go nowhere, IDC contrast this view. When it comes to servers,
there's bias as well. I also suspect that the following antitrust exhibit
came from IDC (maybe a quick look at the PDF will confirm this):
,----[ Quotes with annotation ]
| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
|
| [...]
|
| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
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