For the first time, Microsoft Corp. Windows was the leading OS in new servers in the third quarter, as the overall worldwide server market grew a robust 8.1 per cent, market research company IDC said
Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s Opteron processor garnered more than 10 percent of last quarter's server processor shipments, a sharp increase compared to the first quarter and a remarkable climb from AMD's minuscule share of the server market several years ago.