Linux Usage on Servers Looking Good, Netbooks Suffering

      by Wyatt Walter

The recently Novell-sponsored IDC survey revealed that usage of Linux on the server as well as the desktop is up and will continue to grow in popularity. The survey polled 300 IT professionals at companies with more than 100 employees in several industries. According to the response, 55 percent of organizations are using Linux servers in their operations. 72 percent of the respondents reported that they were evaluating starting to use Linux or increase their use of Linux on the server side. On the desktop side, 68 percent said they were evaluating or going to increase usage. Approximately 49 percent said they were planning to run entirely on Linux on their servers within the next five years. With people scared about what the economy will bring them, they have been turning to lower-cost alternatives to Windows and don’t appear to be looking back.

On the netbook side, however, Linux isn’t doing so hot. In the past, the netbook market has been famed as the area where Linux would dominate. The numbers just aren’t showing this trend, though. Netbooks sold with Windows have accounted for 90% of netbook sales. Microsoft could face some competition, however, with Google planning to release a netbook as well as rumors of an Apple netbook next year.

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