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Microsoft ecosystem worth half a trillion dollars
Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 06 October 2009 10:59
And it is set to grow: IDC predicts IT and software spending will increase around three times faster than the rest of the economy through to 2013, resulting in 5.8 million new jobs and 75,000 new companies.
That's on top of the 6.1 million people already working in the Microsoft ecosystem, and the 8.8 million IT professionals working with Microsoft software or related products and services.
Overall, more than 36 million people work in the IT industry or as IT professionals in the 52 countries covered by the IDC study, which was carried out in association with Microsoft (in case you hadn't guessed).
Not all of that growth will be Microsoft-related, but the IDC figures show that for every unit of currency earned by Microsoft, ecosystem companies earn an average of 8.70 units.
More good news for Microsoft and its partners can be found in a prediction that software spending will grow substantially faster than the overall IT spend: 4.8% vs 3.3%.
And that's despite what some people tell us is a growing trend towards the adoption of open source software, which comes with a zero price tag (we're talking about the cost of the software, not the supporting services).
It can also be taken as evidence that software prices aren't falling at the same rate as hardware prices.
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