Re: Linux on Desktops -- Are there stats anywhere?
The usual people (IDT?) quoted Linux at about 2-3% of desktop market
last I remember (3-6 months ago), putting it #3 behind Windows and
MacOS.
Best I remember, about 6-8% server market penetration was where
suddenly all the server people started supporting Linux, and 10-12%
was the market penetration that Apple used to estimate that it needed
to maintain to retain the support of third-party software providers.
So it looks like desktop Linux is about 1-2 doublings away from the
cross-over point where all the third party hardware and software
vendors start scrambling to offe the best Linux support. (Makes
sense: A 1-2% increase in market share isn't going to get anyone
promoted. A 10% increase in market share, on the other hands, looks
pretty good on the annual report.)
Arcady Genkin <antipode@thpoon.com> writes:
> My bank rolled out a new version of web banking, which has a bug in
> Java Script. I sent them a bug report, to which I got a polite reply
> which boils down to ``Tough luck. We don't test on Linux.''
>
> I'm writing a letter to them, and would like to include some
> statistics as to how many desktop computers run Linux nowadays.
>
> Is anyone aware of any surveys on this subject?
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Arcady Genkin
> Thanks God I'm still an atheist! -- Luis Bunuel
>
>
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