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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RE[2]: I don't like Apple, but this is great!
by Valhalla on Thu 4th Dec 2008 06:29
in reply to "RE: I don't like Apple, but this is great!"
Member since:2006-01-24
Well, like others I certainly relish furter competition in the desktop operating system market.
That said, I find these surveys inconclusive. Here's a wikipedia page that gathers several sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_desktop_operating_syste...
Personally, as for OSX's desktop penetration, when Microsoft starts to launch regular fud campaigns against Apple like they have with Linux (in the server space) then I'm going to say -'Yay! Competition on the desktop'. But as it stands, Microsofts desktop monopoly strikes me as solid.
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2006-01-16
Exactly my thought. When two people quarrel, a third rejoices. Apple manages to bring the desperately needed competition to the market. Cross-Platform is becoming an issue for software vendors again. And it also has never been easier than today. A lot of intermediate libraries don't only bridge between these two, but due to their nature also enable ports to other systems.