What's the point in trying to measure "Linux Server Sales"
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 24.82.95.51]
on November 04, 2007 04:22 AM
I've just finished a month in which I installed six new Linux servers: three dual-core Pentiums, and three quad-core Xeons -- yet none of these I suspect will show up on anyone's stats. The Pentiums were bought from TechData as empty HP servers (no OS load), and I installed Debian -- the quad-core units we assembled from Intel parts (SR1530 chassis + X3210) and also used Debian -- no revenue to any Linux supplier and hence no "Linux Server *Sale*" -- yet a healthy amount of server capacity (not to mention the 20Gb of RAM and roughly 3Tb of storage) that has nothing to do with Microsoft.
If these analysis firms were to be honest (ho ho ho), they would have a category to cover the server sales that went out the distributor's door without an OS -- and let the reader guess what (large) fraction of those ended up running an Open Source OS.
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What's the point in trying to measure "Linux Server Sales"
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 24.82.95.51] on November 04, 2007 04:22 AMIf these analysis firms were to be honest (ho ho ho), they would have a category to cover the server sales that went out the distributor's door without an OS -- and let the reader guess what (large) fraction of those ended up running an Open Source OS.
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