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> Phil Da Lick! wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Netbooks A Linux Stronghold?
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>>> | For years, backers of open-source software have hoped to push Microsoft
>>> | out of its dominant position in desktops and laptops. Windows-powered
>>> | personal computers account for more than 90% of unit sales,. Linux 4%,
>>> | Gartner says.
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>>> http://ca.biz.yahoo.com/ibd/080807/tech.html?.v=1
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>> Bound to be wrong. The mighty bbc says 0.8% so 0.8% it is.
>
> Sorry (well, not really!) to keep beating this drum, but it could well be
> that BOTH figures are correct.
>
> The BBC figure was from a date prior to November last year. I don't know
> when they actually did the survey, but at the time it was in their interest
> to quote a lower figure rather than a higher one.
> It measured % User Base, as measured by hits on the BBC web site, and they
> quoted 0.8% of users.
>
> Now we read:-
> "For years, backers of open-source software have hoped to push Microsoft out
> of its dominant position in desktops and laptops. Windows-powered personal
> computers account for more than 90% of unit sales,. Linux 4%, Gartner says."
>
> That it what is being SOLD, Market Share, NOW!
>
> It takes a long time for even a high market share to affect a huge installed
> base.
Don't forget that most PCs whichrun GNU/Linux were not sold with GNU/Linux, so
the assertion above is not correct. Moreover, with Vista looming over,
many /existing/ PCs will be converted to KDE 4.x, GNOME 3.x or whatever.
GNU/Linux spreads because of conversions rather than sales. The sales too are
nice and another market research from a GNU/Linux-hostile land aligns with the
above and agrees with the trend:
Linux preinstalls rocket to three per cent
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| Microsoft is still be shipped with 93 per cent of all PCs sold through
| distribution in the UK, according to Context.
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| Yet Linux has nevertheless made an impressive gain.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/01/linux-preloads-rocket-per-cent
It would be much higher in China, Germany and South America for example.
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