Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 9th Sep 2002 22:25 UTC
OneStat.com, today reported that Microsoft's Windows operating system has a global usage share of 97.46 percent. Microsoft's Windows still dominates the global operating system market. The global usage share of for Apple's Macintosh operating system is 1.43 percent and is the second most popular operating system in the world. The three most popular operating systems according to OneStat are: 1. Windows 97.46%, 2. Macintosh 1.43%, 3. Linux 0.26%. All numbers are an average of the last 2 months. The other big statistics company, StatMarket, placed (in June 2002) Microsoft at around 95%, MacOS at 2.4% and Linux around 0.35%.
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The statistics sound just about right to me. You'll be lucky to find one in twenty web-browsing boxes running an OS other than Windows. Even people who have a Mac or a Linux box are likely to have a Windows machine sitting around as well. I have one of each, although I tend to use my Mac the most these days.
This doesn't mean Windows has won, the battle's not over. This doesn't mean Linux or Apple have lost, Apple are profitable, and Linux continues to improve as software. But don't kid yourselves, we're not taking over the world here.