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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2008-04-18
"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."
It's not we, it's you who hope that this doesn't go further.
I hope Windows market share goes down as hell. At this point I don't mind if MacOS goes up. Maybe it would be worse with Mac having 90% of the market share. But better than both situations would be Linux or FreeBSD having 90% of the market share. That would definitely be a better world. The best world.
If Mac and Windows a Pepsi and Coke, Linux is fresh squeezed orange juice (I mean custom made).