Thanks Mark: According to IDC, Microsoft's share of SOE new license shipments jumped from just under 42% in 2000 to nearly 49% in 2001 as the company's COE new license shipments inched up from 92% to 93%, leaving little room for competitors. 2001 was generally a tough year for IT expenditures. Microsoft, however, managed to advance its lead in both the client operating environments (COE) market and server operating environments (SOE) market while most of the competition experienced flat or negative growth.
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