The overall market revenue for Linux desktops, servers and packaged software will exceed $35bn by 2008, research published today has claimed.
According to an IDC study commissioned by the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), the server market for shipments and redeployments with Linux increased by 36 per cent in 2004.
The report also predicts revenue growth for packaged applications and infrastructure software running on Linux.
IDC describes this as a “market opportunity” that will exceed $14bn in the next four years, growing at a 2003-2008 compound annual rate of more than 44 per cent.