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Conference decwet::windows-nt

Title:	Windows NT
Notice:	See note 15.0 for HCL location
Moderator:	TARKIN::LIN.com::FOLEY

Created:	Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6086
Total number of notes:	31449

5672.0. "WNT takes off!!" by ROM01::OLD_CIPOLLA (Bruno Cipolla) Tue Feb 11 1997 00:09

    
    * MICROSOFT announced new data showing that its Windows NT Server
      network operating system was the world's best-selling server
      operating system in 1996. According to the latest sales report
      from International Data Corp., sales of Windows NT Server grew by
      85% in 1996, or about six times the rate of Novell NetWare.
      Another analysis said the rapid customer adoption of Windows NT
      Server has driven the overall growth for network operating
      systems. (PR Newswire 01:08 PM ET 02/10/97) For the full text
      story, see
      http://www.merc.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=1479525-c31

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
5672.1	Are the numbers in the full text any better?	BBPBV1::WALLACE	john wallace @ bbp. +44 860 675093	`Tue Feb 11 1997 10:20`	16
	Reporting quasi-data like this without comment is almost beneath contempt, but it's what one expects from Billco. Fastest growing has nothing to do with biggest selling. Suppose company A sells 4 boxes in year 1, company B sells 4000. Year 2, company A sells 6 boxes, and company B sells 5000. Company B only has 25% growth, company A has 50% growth, but which is "biggest". Yawn. regards john
5672.2		BHAJEE::JAERVINEN	Ora, the Old Rural Amateur	`Tue Feb 11 1997 10:57`	16
	re .1: The short piece in .0 is rather poorly worded, but if you go to the full article pointed to by .0, you see some more details. I don't know the actual numbers for Netware (or NT), but the article says: ----- "We were very impressed with the tremendous growth of Windows NT Server sales in 1996," said Aaron Goldberg, executive vice president of CI. "This performance clearly shows a strong acceptance for Windows NT Server 4.0, and our analysis shows that it was the No. 1-shipping server operating system in 1996, outshipping all other products in the new Intel-based server market." ----- I believe Windows NT server outships Unix also.
5672.3		NPSS::GLASER	Steve Glaser DTN 226-7212 LKG1-2/W6 (G17)	`Tue Feb 11 1997 11:19`	7
	Note that they said "new Intel-based server market." I suspect that Novell still outsells them when you add in upgrade business. Otherwise they would have left out the "new" and would probably have blown the "we beat Novell" horn louder. Steveg
5672.4		BHAJEE::JAERVINEN	Ora, the Old Rural Amateur	`Tue Feb 11 1997 14:19`	6
	I think IDC forecast they'll overtake Netware in '99. From where I sit, looking at customers migrating from Netware to NT like lemmings (never mind whether it makes sense or not), I'd say it's rather sooner than later.