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On 1/27/2009 8:22 AM, Warp wrote:
> nemesis<nam### [at] gmail com> wrote:
>> Warp escreveu:
>>> 2) Why does Microsoft care about Linux, with its... what? Less than 1% market
>>> share?
>
>> I think they are more worried about enterprise Linux server installs,
>> which go beyond that puny 1% mark.
>
> Even if 10% of companies used Linux in their servers, how much does
> that mean in the total revenue of Microsoft?
The majority of revenue for MS comes from two (sets of) products: Office
and Windows.
For Windows, the licenses are pretty evenly split between new computer
sales and Enterprise licenses[1].
While the PC Sales are a nice bag to hold, it means you're vulnerable to
trends in the whole industry. For instance, new PC sales this year were
down, meaning a lot of MS's revenue was lost.
The Enterprise market is what they really like, because they sell
licenses by the thousands. If Linux makes headway here, combined with
the loss of new PC licenses, then it can *really* hurt MS.
[1]Since the days of Windows 95, MS has failed to convince a majority of
home users that upgrading is worthwhile. They do sell *some* licenses
as upgrades for home users, but it's a practically non-existent revenue
stream for them.
...Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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