<font color=green>..."The worldwide server market grew 0.7 percent in the quarter. Worldwide server shipments of 973,784 units rose from 966,779 units in same period a year ago.
"Customers just don't want to buy," said Shahin Naftchi, Gartner analyst. "It will be even worse in the third quarter. Shipments will decline, and there will be an even steeper decline in revenue."
Dell and IBM were the only computer companies to increase server market share in the U.S., according to Gartner. Dell's computer share, based on units, increased 14.9 percent, while IBM's (IBM: news, chart, profile) rose 13.9 percent. Hewlett-Packard's (HWP: news, chart, profile) share position dropped 26.8 percent. Sun's (SUNW: news, chart, profile) sank by 20.8 percent.
Second-quarter server shipments dropped 11 percent to 347,045 units, down from 390,951 units in the year-ago period. Dell and Compaq share the lead in the U.S. market with 28.5 percent of the market each, followed by IBM, Sun and Hewlett-Packard.
marketwatch.com
Can't be good for Inhell.
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