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PC Client Share
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| The EU Competition Commission ruling on M$
| has some interesting facts on share.
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| On page 121 of 302 pages are these tidbits:
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| * 2000 units shipped with GNU/Linux 1.7%
| * 2001 units shipped with GNU/Linux 2.3%
| * 2002 units shipped with GNU/Linux 2.8%
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| Those numbers are from surveys done by IDC.
| They were the basis for IDC declaring
| GNU/Linux overtook MacOS by about 2003 and
| they are consistent with M$âs revelation of
| 7% share in 2009. They do not count
| installation by individuals and small
| businesses which could be large.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/06/18/pc-client-share/
Market Share
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| What's interesting is the hold that
| Microsoft has on the desktop market.
| According to the w3counter: OSX is 7.83%,
| Linux is 2.78%, iPhone, WAP, and Android
| together make up about 1%, and everything
| else is Windows. What's funny is that Apple
| is now the 7th largest computer manufacturer
| in the world. They're also the only one to
| have beaten the industry average in growth
| for Q1 of 2010. What does this mean?
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| This means that there is still a chance for
| the rest of us. Apple has proven that
| Microsoft's empire is not invulnerable. If
| people can recognize the differences between
| Mac and PC, they can recognize the
| difference among Linux, Mac, and PC. With
| that said, I think that people are also
| learning the reality. Windows just sucks. I
| am not saying this from a fanboy stand
| point. I dislike Macintosh too. I don't even
| really care for Linux. I simply think that
| Linux and OSX are better products than
| Windows (security, stability, ease of use,
| performance, scalability, total cost of
| ownership). The key to this is simply Total
| Cost of Ownership.
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http://elevenislouder.blogspot.com/2010/06/market-share.html
Recent:
More FUD about GNU/Linux Popularity
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| These are just more trash statistics
| telling the world or at least anyone who
| wants to listen that GNU/Linux is not
| relevant. Real statistics with pedigree
| showed that GNU/Linux surpassed MacOS share
| back in 2003 and has not looked back.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/05/29/more-fud-about-gnulinux-popularity/
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