hitachi and ntap are a non-issue: they've always been there and they don't provide a substitute.
my bet would be ibm with pc/linux, more so than dell, hpq. msft is pushing new server software strongly, but monthly poll of webservers don't show much change there.
ibm/rhat will be the winner in all this (after msft recedes). my educated guess. awwwwwww, okay, my fervent hope.
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