On Aug 6, 8:00 am, "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > There are fewer article about Vista these days. Nobody cares about it.
>
> Vista: 17% (1 in 6 users) market share after 18 months of availability
> Linux: 1% (1 in 100 users) market share after 17 years of availability
In http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
I get
Vista 11.5% 1 in 10 users after 18 months (XP had 33% after 18
months).
Linux+Other is about 9%
Mac is 4.8%
> Linux is an enormous failure as a consumer product, and would have been
> killed off years ago if a return on investment was required.
Linux on the DESKTOP has faced the full force of Microsoft's $40
billion in leveragaged advertizing revenue,
$40 billion in OEM and Corporate revenue which fund a $4 billion/year
legal and settlements fund.
Meanwhile, Linux APPLIANCES number in the Billions. There are now
almost 2 Linux devices for every Windows desktop on the planet.
Routers, TiVo, HDTV, WiFi hubs, and so on. Linux/Unix also provides
cable DVRs, as well as PayPerView servers. Nearly EVERY Windows
desktop user couldn't function if they didn't have access to Linux
servers such as Google, Amazon, E-trade, and numerous other Linux
based servers. Even Microsoft's web sites depend on Linux for load
buffering and load balancing.
Of course, one of the big spin-offs of Linux was the widespread
acceptance of Open Source Software.
According to http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
FireFox has 42.6% of the market, which could be as many as 800 million
PCs (since many FF users also use IE and both would be counted in this
survey).
There are at least 1/2 billion Open Office deployments in the field
today worldwide.
And in less than 6 months, ASUS sold 18 million Linux powered EEE PCs.
Wouldn't it be funny if ASUS with it's EEE PCs suddenly bumped it's
way into the top 10 or even the top 5?
Notice that when users were given the choice between Linux and
Windows, Linux EEEs outsold Windows EEEs 6 to 4.
There are even indicators that, thanks to desktop virtualization,
there are almost 6 Linux/Unix desktop deployments for every 4 Windows
Vista copies actually deployed to end-users.
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