[News] Linux Market Share Uncountable, But Apple Up to 5.21%, Growth Rates Accelerate
Apple's Mac OS Market Share Spikes to 5.21 Percent - Up 35 Percent Year Over
Year - Growth Accelerates
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| Key Percent Increases
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| * Up 52.8 percent since January 2005
| * Up 48.0 percent since April 2005 (Mac OS X Tiger launched April
| 29, 2005)
| * Up 23.8 percent January to October 2006 - despite Intel transition
| * Up 10.4 percent since September 2006
| * Up 20.3 percent since August 2006
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http://switchtoamac.com/site/apples-mac-os-market-share-spikes-to-521-percent-up-35-percent-year-over-year-growth-accelerates.html
Market share statistics cannot be applied to Linux (not whilst OEM scare
tactics prevail and HTTP headers remain inconsistent/forged). Windows PC's
and Apple machines are being converted to Linux however.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installed_base
Is is natural to assume, based on various statistics, that Linux is more
commonplace than Mac OS.
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