Asian companies are increasingly running their server applications on the Linux operating system, driven primarily by cost concerns. "More than half of those surveyed indicated that cost was the major reason for installing Linux," Sargeant said, adding that "Linux tends to eat more into Windows' market share than any other operating system such as Netware and Unix.
Despite increasing competition, Microsoft's Windows NT and 2000 server operating systems were still the "most widely used" among Asian companies in the fourth quarter, according to Gartner.
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