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Unix Users Prefer IBM And Sun: Page 3 of 3

For IBM, the company continued to stay focused and executed its road map well, he added.

"With IBM doing so well and Sun becoming a player again, HP didn't seem to have as much push this year," said Olds. "The survey was taken at the height of [HP's boardroom leak investigation] scandal and I do think it hurt them. I think it will be a short-term hurt, but it's still a hurt. In the survey, some customers even called it out. Some were joking. Some weren't. What happens in the boardroom doesn't affect Unix servers, but HP did pick up some tarnish over this."