OSNews > Thread > "RE: Which market?" by sergiusens

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: Which market?

by sergiusens on Thu 4th Dec 2008 14:00 UTC in reply to "Which market?"

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2007-09-01

Did they count routers? I suspect it's like 0% Windows, 99% linux, 1% BSD and 0% Mac OS.
I believe more than 50% of the people have linux in their home.

I'd guess that regarding routers, Cisco's IOS is much more dominant than Linux.

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RE[2]: Which market?

by spiderman on Thu 4th Dec 2008 16:09 in reply to "RE: Which market?"

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2008-10-23

Yes, but not in the home..
Anyway, the point was not about routers.

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RE[3]: Which market?

by Soulbender on Thu 4th Dec 2008 16:13 in reply to "RE[2]: Which market?"

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2005-08-18

Yes, but not in the home..

Even then 99% does not run Linux.

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