Quarterly sales of servers running the Linux operating system topped $1 billion for the first time during the third quarter of 2004, analyst company IDC reported Wednesday. With year-over-year revenue from Linux server sales up 42.6 percent, Linux accounted for more than 9 percent of the $11.5 billion in servers sold worldwide during the quarter, which ended Sept. 30, the research firm said.

Nice. Anyone that knows anything about server software wouldnt touch an M$ setup unless their life hung on it, and bearing in mind that your biz might indeed hang on a robust, server setup....

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