Comments on: Linux doing well as Japanese server OS http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/03/18/linux-doing-well-as-japanese-server-os/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: Martin K http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/03/18/linux-doing-well-as-japanese-server-os/comment-page-1/#comment-158991 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:35:42 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2007/03/18/linux-doing-well-as-japanese-server-os/#comment-158991 What do you mean, Linux is doing well at 16.7% on the server?

In a Linux Foundation survey, which I assume is US-centric, Linux has a small business server market share of 40%!
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Market-Share-Windows-57-5-Linux-40-6-an-Open-Source-Dream-Come-True-74272.shtml

In Japan, businesses prefer to buy from a big brand name. It’s a question of trust, getting support and having someone responsible when there is a problem. There are a lot less homegrown IT solutions based on Linux around, and a big difficulty for smaller Linux vendors is to build a brand name that can match Microsoft.

That doesn’t mean Linux is not successful in Japan (otherwise I would not have the job I have), but calling this market share “successful” masks the fact that it is twice that much in other parts of the world.

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