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Re: [News] Microsoft's Partner Group Says GNU/Linux' Desktop Market Share is 4%

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
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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.


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