Star Short Commentary: Will Apple Go .NET?
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 4th Feb 2004 05:34 UTC
Apple According to statistics, Java continues to have the crown of the most used VM-based platform in the industry. However, Microsoft's C# and .NET gain ground every day. While C# might or might not overcome Java in the following years, the fact remains that more and more programmers want the choice of C# among their developer tools. So, where does this situation leave Apple?
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I think the best estimation of installed base for Apple (and Linux) is Google's zeitgeist:

http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist_nov03.html

This is a measurement of OSes used to search on Google.

This gives apple a 3% share, and Linux 1%.