Milliárd dolláros üzlet lesz a Linux

A következő évek során továbbra is kitartóan növekszik a Linux piaca, bár a növekedés üteme inkább moderált, semmint robbanásszerű, írja az IDC. A linuxos bevételek gyakorlatilag két vállalat kezében összpontosulnak.

Global Linux: Latin America (2005)

Although Linux adoption in Latin America has for years been the subject of loud debates in governments between backers of Microsoft Corp. and proponents of open-source software, a quieter but no less interesting trend is developing among private-sector enterprise users.

Linux Goes Global (2005)

Although the fact that Linux is an international phenomenon isn't too surprising, since the kernel was invented by Finnish student Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki. But what began as a modest programming effort -- just a hobby, Torvalds once said -- has grown beyond the stage of a few maverick users thumbing their noses at Microsoft. In Asia, for example, shipments of Linux server licenses grew by 36% in 2004, while shipments of client licenses rose 49%, IDC says.