LJ Index, Febuary 2008

  1. Number of x86 processors required to perform the same amount of work as one IBM System z mainframe: 250
  2. z series mainframe energy consumption as a percentage of that required by 250 x86 processors: 2
  3. Percentage of all physical servers that will be virtualized by 2011: 50
  4. Number of partners in Google's Open Handset Alliance for its Linux-based Android phone platform: 30
  5. Number of Google employees working on the Android effort: 100
  6. Millions of mobile phones sold worldwide in Q3 2007: 289
  7. Minimum billions of dollars Google will offer in the U.S. 700MHz spectrum auction: 4.6
  8. Number of steam engine locomotive makers that succeeded in the diesel engine business: 0
  9. Billions of phone lines in the world: 4
  10. Billions of mobile phone accounts: 2.68
  11. Millions of bluetooth-enabled device shipments reached in 2007: 800
  12. Billions of Nokia phones in use: 900
  13. Age of Nokia as a company in years: 142
  14. Billions Nokia is spending to become a "consumer web media company": 9
  15. Billions of mobile phones that will be sold in 2008: 1.3
  16. Percentage of 2008 mobile phones that will be sold in Asia/Pacific: 82
  17. Linux' percentage of the Netcraft's top ten most reliable hosting companies for 9/2007: 50
  18. Linux' percentage of the Netcraft's top three most reliable hosting companies for 9/2007: 100
  19. Linux percentage of Netcraft's top 48 most reliable hosting companies for 9.2007: 43.75
  20. Percentage of the top 48 most reliable hosting companies for 9/2007 that are Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris or F5 Big-IP (BSD-based): 66.7

Sources: 1-2, IBM and its Power Estimator Tool, CNN; 3, IDC, via Guardian.co.uk; 4, The Register; 5-7, Forbes; 8, Bob Frankston; 9-10, Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2007, from the ITU (itu.int), via Dilanchian.com.au; 11, Laptop Magazine; 12-16, Forbes; 17-20, Netcraft.com

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0313973.htm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/05/google_android_announcement/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/nov/08/news.software

http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/11/01/google-linux-phone-technology-cx_bc_1101linphone.html

http://www.forbes.com/intelligentinfrastructure/2007/07/20/google-wireless-fcc-tech-infrastructure-cx_bc_0720google.html?partner=links

http://laptopmag.com/News/Industry/Bluetooth-One-Billion-Products-Sold.htm

http://www.dilanchian.com.au/ip/four-billion-subscribers-2.html

http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2007/1112/DONOTTOUCH048.html?token=MTIgTm92IDIwMDcgMDk6MDE6NDEgKzAwMDA%3D