A closer look at Microsoft's morale-boosting numbers

Microsoft doesn’t count them – and because the market research companies can’t count them – if money doesn’t change hands. True, this indicates that companies selling Linux servers (principally hardware) aren’t making headway against Windows Server. … Certainly, Microsoft’s Windows Server business is holding up well, judging by the profit figures. But you won’t find any small web startup using it; and (Update: @QuantumWaveFunction in the comments says they do. …

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Bing is necessary opposition to Google , but it doesn’t – yet? – offer a Unique Selling Point (USP) in the manner of, say, Wolfram Alpha.Oh, and Steve Ballmer said in January that Bing added 11m users in 2009 – though of course that’s … But what it doesn’t tell you is what progress Linux is making overall on the web . For that, you need Netcraft. And that suggests that Linux has a really big market share. Certainly, Microsoft’s Windows Server business is holding up well …

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Microsoft doesn’t count them – and because the market research companies can’t count them – if money doesn’t change hands. True, this indicates that companies selling Linux servers (principally hardware) aren’t making headway against Windows … Certainly, Microsoft’s Windows Server business is holding up well, judging by the profit figures. But you won’t find any small web startup using it; and you won’t find any big web company using it, except Microsoft (update: and, …

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Microsoft doesn’t count them – and because the market research companies can’t count them – if money doesn’t change hands. True, this indicates that companies selling Linux servers (principally hardware) aren’t making headway against Windows … Certainly, Microsoft’s Windows Server business is holding up well, judging by the profit figures. But you won’t find any small web startup using it; and you won’t find any big web company using it, except Microsoft (update: and, …

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But what it doesn’t tell you is what progress Linux is making overall on the web . For that, you need Netcraft. And that suggests that Linux has a really big market share. Certainly, Microsoft’s Windows Server business is holding up well, judging by the profit figures. But you won’t find any small web startup using it; and you won’t find any big web company using it, except Microsoft. I once asked Google’s open source advocate, Chris Di Bona, how much it would cost Google …

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Microsoft doesn’t count them – and because the market research companies can’t count them – if money doesn’t change hands. True, this indicates that companies selling Linux servers (principally hardware) aren’t making headway against Windows Server. … Certainly, Microsoft’s Windows Server business is holding up well, judging by the profit figures. But you won’t find any small web startup using it; and you won’t find any big web company using it, except Microsoft. …

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Microsoft doesn’t count them – and because the market research companies can’t count them – if money doesn’t change hands. True, this indicates that companies selling Linux servers (principally hardware) aren’t making headway against Windows Server. … Certainly, Microsoft’s Windows Server business is holding up well, judging by the profit figures. But you won’t find any small web startup using it; and you won’t find any big web company using it, except Microsoft. …

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