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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2006-07-16
I'm sorry, but your argument that having just one standard operating system is better because it makes life easier for IT professionals / Technicians flat out doesn't fly in my book. Competition is always better then monopolies; for myriad of reasons. If IT people are afraid to learn more than one operating system then they're simply lazy and shouldn't be in the business to begin with. It's like saying linguists shouldn't have to learn more than one language to be successful. The very idea is absurd.
Edited 2008-12-04 03:40 UTC