bbgruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Phil Da Lick! wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> 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.
>
The desktop is dead. The growth areas are around mobility and servers
and appliances. MS can pay Gartner to keep throwing up these studies,
but really, they're not much use to anyone.
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