Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call

Martin J. Bligh
2003-02-22T16:29:59Z

>> But we're talking about linux ... and we're talking about profit, not
>> revenue. I'd guess that 99% of their desktop sales are for Windows.
>> And I'd guess they make 100 times as much profit on a big server as they
>> do on a desktop PC.
>
> You are thinking in today's terms. Find the asymptote and project out.

OK, I predict that Linux will take over the whole of the high end server
market ... if people stop complaining about us fixing scalability. That
should give some nicer numbers ....

M.