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A Look Ahead
Microsoft also dominated the field in terms of the dollar value share of deals planned to close in the second half of the year, racking up 55.4 percent, compared to Novell with 16.6 percent, Sun Microsystems with 10.8 percent, and Red Hat with 5.8 percent. Overall, it appears Microsoft's competitors are making some market share progress, at least compared to the first half of the year.
However, in terms of average size of transactions projected for the second half, it was Sun Microsystems that came out on top, with an average of $53,500, followed closely by Novell with $49,700. Microsoft actually moved up a notch from the first half of the year in this category, with an average deal size of $29,400, while Red Hat came last with $24,700. All told, solution providers expected to generate 2.2 percent more revenue through OS business in the second half of the year, compared to the first half.
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