You’re touting market share rather than install base. Sounds like somebody didn’t fully grasp the article. Baloney! Actually the figure for Mac is just a few percent at most and for linux and unix less than one percent.” “The author states that the Mac installed base (for desktop systems) is around 10% as is that of Linux, leaving Windows with an 80% share of the installed base. Probably another 1% are using older versions of Mac, Amiga, etc., still leaving Micrsoft with 97% of the installed base of desktop systems, easily. And I seriously doubt that Apple’s OSX has a full 1% either. There are only so many geeks in the world, and even if every geek in the world were to use linux as a dekstop system that wouldn’t put linux above 1% of the installed base. Figures from Google showing the operating systems of origin in making queries there and from other independent sources whittle down the installed base for linux considerably from what linux boosters would have us believe. While the author has a good point about the difference between installed base and market share, he was quite deceptive in sneaking in the assumption that linux has 10% of the installed base. (The real market share for MS could be even higher in the near future because of expensive subscription licensing). This leaves Windows with a 95% share of the installed base as well as market share, at least. The author states that the Mac installed base (for desktop systems) is around 10% as is that of Linux, leaving Windows with an 80% share of the installed base.īaloney! Actually the figure for Mac is just a few percent at most and for linux and unix less than one percent. Lets not be influenced by the incorect market share statictics anymore, as they inacurately favor Windows. First of all, It doesn’t matter if that computer was later wiped and had Linux installed on it, its still a “market share” tic for Windows because it was sold with Windows.Īdditionally, because market share doesn’t calculate differences between server, office desktop, or consumer desktop (instead just simply being a Windows market share point) the figures get distorted even further. Its interesting that you brought this up because every PC sold, whether its being used as a server or a desktop is factored into the “Windows PC” market share statistic. But machines running OS8 or better I see all over the place, just as I see Win95 machines.” The few that I have seen do things like MIDI sequencing, using old programs, and are pretty much dedicated to those tasks. On the Mac side, I don’t see a whole lot of System7 machines around in use anymore. It does much better as a generic X terminal running other things, or as a dedicated server. I *could* run something like a minimal WM on my old SS10, along with Netscape4, etc, etc. While there might be something that’ll run on them and be usable as a desktop, there’s little reason to do so. Those people who are “squeezing the life out of” hardware with Linux/*BSD aren’t using those as desktop systems, for the most part. People point to things like google’s zeitgeist, which shows an overwhelming use of Windows and IE. “What it doesn’t take into account is the different uses of old hardware.
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