Linked by Quentin Hartman on Tue 8th Jul 2008 04:23 UTC
A recent study released by Net
Applications indicates that the market share of Windows among
Internet-connected devices could drop below 90% as soon as the fourth
quarter of this year. This seems to be the same report referred to earlier that showed Linux approaching a 1% use
share.
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2005-10-12
We must hope this doesn't go much further. Its tempting to think of OSX and Windows as Pepsi and Coke - a change of share between two essentially similar concoctions which makes very little difference to the non cola drinkers. In some ways this is true, as far as the OSs themselves are concerned, but the company business models are very different, and that matters a lot.
A world in which Apple has 90% share would be a lot different, and a lot worse for society, than the present one with 90% share for MS. At least with MS, the hardware is open. The world of 90% share for Apple would be overpriced, DRM choked and locked in, and plagued by repeated bouts of planned obsolescence. Hardware innovation would be stifled along with competition.
Those of us who are committed to open source software because of the implications for society, open access to information and intellectual freedom do have a horse in this race, and its not the one you might expect.
Edited 2008-07-08 07:31 UTC