Paris-based market consultancy Pierre Audoin Conseil SA has produced another of its yearly reports on the state of the Unix marketplace in France. The report, Unix in France – Open Systems Integration, says that 42,100 Unix systems were delivered in France in 1990, 38% up on the 30,600 that arrived during the previous year. Unix systems accounted for 13% of the total value of computers installed in 1990 – up from 12% in 1989 – says the report, a figure that it expects to reach 20% by 1995. Groupe Bull SA, Hewlett-Packard Co and Sun Microsystems Inc retain their positions as the trio of top box suppliers, but, the report notes, IBM Corp is expected to join this leading group by 1995. IBM takes over the fourth spot in the manufacturers’ league table, the position vacated by Altos Computer Systems Inc, whose share has slid by both volume and value. The market is also becoming more concentrated, the report adds – in 1989, there were 12 manufacturers with a market share greater than 2%, in 1990 that number fell to eight. Sales of Unix software and services were worth around $400m. The report costs FF30,000 – around $5,000.
