Andre Yoskowitz
3 May 2011 15:41
Gartner has posted the latest worldwide OS market share figures, and it seems that as the economy recovered, so did OS sales.
For 2010, revenue jumped to $30.4 billion from $28.1 in 2009.
Microsoft gained share for Windows, but Mac OSX remained the fastest growing segment of the market.
The server market grew 5.7 percent, as well.
Of course, the Mac OSX numbers are a bit skewed because it still represents a minuscule portion of the market, says the research firm.
IBM AIX and HP-UX saw single-digit growth year-over-year. Oracle got the biggest bump, after purchasing Sun Microsystems and getting Solaris with it.
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