According to data published by the Spanish consultant CB Consulting Mercado SA, revenue from 1994 sales of Unix hardware in Spain topped $320m: 37,000 units were sold, a figure that also included mid-range and low-end equipment, personal computers and workstations. IBM Corp once again emerged as the leader of this market, with a share of more than 20% and sales of 7,856 units, closely followed by Hewlett-Packard Co with an 18% market share and 6,936 units. The rosy health of the Unix market was also underlined by consultant International Data Corp’s predictions for the Southern European market, namely that the Unix hardware market would grow at an annual average of 11% to the year 2000, with sales of software increasing at a rate of 14% each year.
