Abstract
This IDC study reviews the growth of the Linux client
and server operating environment market during 2008 and provides a
shipment and installed base forecast through 2013.
“The economic downturn is
impacting nearly every IT market segment and has placed its
mark on the Linux server operating environment and client operating
environment markets”, says Al Gillen, program vice president, System Software
at IDC. “The long-term prognosis for Linux is good, but
we see 2009 as a turning point for the nature
of Linux adoption and deployment, as customers rationalize through the
new economic realities and factor in other considerations such as
the best way to use virtualization software. In the end,
the markets of tomorrow are going to behave differently than
the markets of the past.”
Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Market Definition
- Situation Overview
- Market Performance in 2008
- Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Linux Forecast
- The Impact of Virtualization
- Linux Forecast Assumptions
- Market Context
- Comparison with Server Hardware Data
- Historical Context
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Definitions
- Operating Environment Definitions
- Virtualization Software Definitions
- Synopsis
- Table: Worldwide Linux Operating Systems New License Shipment/Subscription and Upgrade/Maintenance Revenue by Vendor, 2005–2008
- Table: Worldwide Linux Client Operating Environment New License Paid Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployments by Vendor, 2005–2008
- Table: Worldwide Linux Server Operating Environment New License Paid Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployments by Vendor, 2005–2008
- Table: Worldwide Linux Client and Server Operating Environment New License Shipment/Subscription and Upgrade/Maintenance Revenue, 2005–2008
- Table: Worldwide Linux Operating Environment Client and Server Average Selling Prices, 2005–2008 ($)
- Table: Worldwide Linux Operating Environment New License/Subscription and Upgrade/Maintenance Revenue, 2005–2013
- Table: Worldwide Linux Client Operating Environment Paid New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployments, 2005–2013 (000)
- Table: Worldwide Linux Client Operating Environment Paid and Nonpaid Installed Base, 2005–2013 (000)
- Table: Worldwide Linux Server Operating Environment Paid New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployments, 2005–2013 (000)
- Table: Worldwide Linux Server Operating Environment Paid and Nonpaid Installed Base, 2005–2013 (000)
- Table: Worldwide Linux Server Operating Environment Virtualized Deployments, 2005–2013 (000)
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Operating Systems and Subsystems Market, 2009–2013
- Table: Worldwide Linux Server Operating Environment Paid New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployments Compared with Worldwide Linux Server Shipments, 2005–2013 (000)
- Table: Worldwide Linux Client Operating Environment Paid New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployments, 2005–2013: Comparison of April 2008 and August 2009 Forecasts (000)
- Table: Worldwide Linux Server Operating Environment Paid New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployments, 2005–2013: Comparison of April 2008 and August 2009 Forecasts (000)
- Figure: Worldwide Linux Client Operating Environment Paid New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployments, 2005–2013: Comparison of April 2008 and August 2009 Forecasts
- Figure: Worldwide Linux Client Operating Environment Paid New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployment Growth, 2006–2013: Comparison of April 2008 and August 2009 Forecasts
- Figure: Worldwide Linux Server Operating Environment Paid New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployments, 2005–2013: Comparison of April 2008 and August 2009 Forecasts
- Figure: Worldwide Linux Server Operating Environment Paid New License Shipments/Subscriptions and Nonpaid Deployment Growth, 2006–2013: Comparison of April 2008 and August 2009 Forecasts
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