Linux suffers server sales slowdown
A slowdown in demand for Linux servers did not prevent overall global server sales inching up 0.6 per cent year over year to $12.3bn in the second quarter of 2006, new research has revealed.
IDC's latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker found that demand in the US and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) led to positive results in these markets.
The regions showed year-over-year growth of 3.6 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively, while weaker results in EMEA and Japan brought the overall growth rate down.
After 15 consecutive quarters of double-digit, year-over-year revenue growth, IDC reported that spending on Linux servers "moderated significantly", growing 6.1 per cent to $1.5bn when compared with the second quarter of 2005.
Linux servers now represent 12 per cent of all server revenue, up slightly from the second quarter of 2005.
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