Star Windows 7 Hits 3% Market Share, Approaches 4%
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 23:59 UTC
Windows Windows 7 has been out and about for little over a week now, and as it turns out, Microsoft's new baby is doing relatively well. That is, according to the figures by NetApplications: Windows 7 already reached the 3% mark this weekend, and is already closing in on the 4% mark.
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RE[6]: Windows market share
by lemur2 on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 22:23 UTC in reply to "RE[5]: Windows market share"
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Almost all the software you have mentioned runs on windows too. You can use VLC on Windows, you can use python, apche, mysql, whatever. Besides gcc, there are much more c/c++ compilers for Windows. And guess what? There are some useful IDEs too, not just Vi and Emacs. As for Abiword, even that you can use it on windows? Why bother? And I am sure that professionals will find Gimp more useful than Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, like you seem to believe.


Unlike a Kubuntu/Ubuntu machine, none of this software is pre-installed on a Windows 7 machine when you buy one.

If you can run this software on a Windows 7 machine or alternatively on a Kubuntu/Ubuntu machine, why would anyone choose to run it on the Windows 7 machine which was: more costly; slower; carries severe licensing restrictions and was more prone to existing, known security risks?

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