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Windows and Linux
take server share
ACCORDING to a survey carried out by ZDNet,
Linux and Windows are the prevalent platforms
for the majority of companies, and will take more
market share from Unix in the future.
The survey also reveals that one of the most
hyped technologies of the moment – virtualisa-
tion – is arguably still being talked about more
than it’s being employed, while cost and complex-
ity mean that the server operating system (OS),
as a ‘plug and play’ technology, is still more aspi-
ration than reality.
One of the main findings from the survey is
that, if current trends continue, servers running
anything other than Red Hat, Novell SUSE Linux
or Windows Server will become increasingly rare.
A clear majority of those surveyed, some 81pc,
ran Windows Server, with Linux of either the Red
Hat or SUSE flavours the next most-used OS, at
50pc. It is important to note, however, that the
majority of respondents ran multiple operating
systems, with 44pc using only one server OS.
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