Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 3rd Dec 2008 23:47 UTC, submitted by shaneco
The month of December has already been unkind to Microsoft. The software giant's Windows operating system and its Internet Explorer browser saw significant market share drops reported on back-to-back days. Not only was the November percentage drop for Windows the biggest in two years, but Windows market share dipped below a number where it has historically held tight: 90 percent. According to Web metrics company, Net Applications, Windows market share as of Dec. 1 is 89.6 percent. Meanwhile, Mac OS X posted its largest gain in two years, with 8.9 percent market share at the end of November.
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I thought I might harp on a bit about "having only one dominant platform sucks".
Then I thought ... it would probably be much better to let other people harp on about it:
http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=15...
http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/ex_microsoft_developer_...
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/a-microsoft-veteran-embrac...
http://www.lulu.com/content/4964815
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4759851685.html
http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20081...
These links are just from the last day or two, BTW.