People,
Many of you may have seen these results, but I hadn't seen
anything on any of these lists, so here it is:
Based on surveys of 810,000 European Internet servers, the
Linux Operating System is the most used OS on the Internet.
Three different categories were polled, web servers, FTP servers,
and news servers. Not only was Linux number one in each category,
but there wasn't even a consistent number two.
Linux's market share went from 25.7% for news servers, to 26.9%
for web servers, to 33.7% for FTP servers.
In order to get a number two position in web servers and FTP servers,
Windows 95/98 was lumped together with Windows NT.
They aren't the same system. For news servers, Solaris came in second.
To get to the survey details, start at the Linux weekly news site
(http://www.lwn.net/).
Thanks to Linux weekly news, and the Internet Operating System Counter for
this tip.
PS These quotes from the same issue:
PBS online:
"...if you saw the story that flew around the 'Net recently comparing
Microsoft tech
support with the Psychic Friends Network, you'll realize that just because
Microsoft
has a big support operation doesn't mean you'll actually get a solution to
your problem."
Informix speaks up about why it chose to port to Linux and the promise they
see
for the future. Steve Lambright, from Informix, comments,
"We believe there will be a wave of Linux moving into the enterprise."
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