BusinessWeek, March 3, 2003

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Will Linux Make It?
Coming from near zero three years ago, it has
grabbed 13.7 of the 50.9 billion market for
server computers Expected to jump to 25.2 in
2006, putting Linux in the No. 2
position Starting this year, No. 1 Microsoft's
59.9 share in the server market will reverse its
long climb and slowly slide backwards, predicts
IDC.
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How did Linux make the jump into the mainstream?
First, credit the rotten economy. Corporations
under intense pressure to reduce their computing
bills began casting about for low-cost
alternatives. Second, Intel Corp., the dominant
maker of processors for PCs, loosened its tight
links with Microsoft and started optimizing for
Linux in addition to Windows Third ingredient
was widespread resentment of Microsoft and fear
that the company was on the verge of gaining a
stranglehold on corporate customers
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128 MB memory10 GB hard driveCD-ROM
driveIntegrated 10/100 Ethernet
connectionLindowsOS 3.0 Modem and floppy disk
driveare not included