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Articles
-From curiousity
to contender
-Devil gets his
due
-Movement,
cracks spread
-Linux makeover
-"The evangelist"
-Response
-Apple goes open
-Next big thing?

Facts
-Leading
products
-Linux products
-Related sites

Figures
Server op. sys.
shipments

Related articles
"Programs to
the People"
"Goliath Gets
Nervous"

Lining up for Linux

World-wide shipments of server operating systems

1997
Windows NT
36%
Netware
26.4%
Unix
20.7%
OS/2, other
10.1%
Linux
6.8%

2000 (est.)
Windows NT
42.5%
Linux
21.7%
Netware
15.7%
Unix
15%
OS/2, others
5.2%


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