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Linux continues to make inroads into China according to the latest market
research.
A new report from Beijing-based CCID Consulting pegs Linux operating sales
revenues up by nearly 31 percent in the first quarter of 2007 to 31 million
Yuan (just over US$4 million), as compared to the same period a year
prior.
CCID’s numbers are close to those of IDC, which, in its “China Linux 2006-2010 Forecast and Analysis” report last year, pegged the compound annual growth rate for 2006 to 2010 of Linux in China to be 34 percent, bringing revenues to $51.1 million.
Linux’s share of the overall operating systems market in China remains
smaller than either Windows or Unix, according to CCID. For Q1 2007 the
total operating system sales revenue in China was reported to be 1.234
billion Yuan (US$160 million). All told Linux in China represents
only 2.5 percent of the operating systems market, excluding embedded
systems.
The biggest user of Linux in China according to CCID is the government of
China, which represents a 34 percent market share. The next biggest user is
the financial-services sector representing 22.5 percent of market share
followed closely by telecom, which represents 21.2 percent share.
Apparently Linux vendors are taking notice of the Chinese government’s
appetite for Linux, as well. CCID reports that in Q1 of 2007, Novell won a
government project for a centralized procurement and supply bid.
“To sum up, CCID Consulting’s research shows that China’s Linux market
is still small in size at present,” the firms wrote in a release.”
Meanwhile, CCID Consulting forecasts that in the remaining three quarters of
2007, there will be unprecedented competition in China’s Linux market.”
Competition has always been the name of the game for Linux in China. Trying
to determine who leads the Chinese Linux market has never been an easy task.
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