A survey of the Japanese computer market in Nikkei group magazine Nikkei Computer estimates the Japanese domestic computer market at $92,000m: a growth rate of 6% is expected over the new financial year that started on April 1; by sector the market grew last fiscal by 18% for Unix systems, compared with 8% for the data services market, 5% for mainframe computers and 3% for small business computers, while personal computers saw negative growth; Unix machines are expected to grow by 20% this year and personal computers to put on 7%; mainframes are again expected to be affected by the depressed economic conditions but will still manage 2% growth.
