Setting the record straight
This week there’s been several reports from Red Hat about their momentum and share in the Linux market. They’ve made some very specific claims that we have to correct.
In recent published news stories Red Hat claimed to have a “75% market share” in the paid Linux server market. Not true. According to IDC, they have about 62% of share. Novell has about 28 percent.
Another report from financial analysts at JP Morgan, citing Red Hat data, claimed that in the IBM System Z market for Linux on the mainframe Red Hat “has gone from zero share on System Z mainframes to 60 percent in the short time that it has had a product to offer for this platform.” Again, not true. According to Gartner, Novell has by far the largest market share which they estimate at 70 percent.
It would be nice if Red Hat set the record straight.
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