[Enterprise-linux] Linux to Overtake Unix, Leapfrog Windows, Analyst Says

[Con Zymaris <conz@cyber.com.au>]

Bill Claybrook, author of the study (www.aberdeen.com), said the main 
reasons for this movement are price and performance. "Linux servers on 
industry-standard Intel- and AMD-based architectures are much less 
expensive than RISC/Unix servers and offer significant price/performance 
advantages," between 10 and 40 times, he said.

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