Hewlett-Packard Co is the world number one vendor of Unix systems on Dataquest’s definition. Dun & Bradstreet Corp’s research house in San Jose reckons that in 1993, the worldwide Unix-based systems market grew by more than $2,000m or 11.6% last year. It reckons that the total market was $19,623m, and that Hewlett-Packard took 19.5%. IBM Corp is a distant third, and Digital Equipment Corp is slipping so fast that it is in danger of being pipped by Silicon Graphics Inc this year. The figures are preliminary, and are subject to very substantial revision before final figures appear.
Top Five Unix Systems Vendors by Revenue (Millions of US Dollars)
1993 Market 1992 Market Company Revenue Share % Revenue Share % Hewlett-Packard 3,834.5 19.5 2,871.2 16.3 Sun Microsystems 3,588.9 18.2 3,082.3 17.5 IBM 2,307.1 11.8 1,818.8 10.3 DEC 1,098.4 5.6 1,009.1 5.7 Silicon Graphics 1,087.7 5.5 799.5 4.5 Others 7,707.1 39.4 7,995.3 45.7 Total 19,623.7 100.0 17,576.2 100.0
