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Windows 7 Hits 3% Market Share, Approaches 4%

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 2nd Nov 2009 23:59 UTC

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[2]: Windows market share

by Stephen! on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 15:10 UTC in reply to "RE: Windows market share"

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2007-11-24

is that Linux based operating systems don't even come close to competiting with something like Windows 7.

But then again, it's not like Linux was ever intended to compete with Windows in the first place.

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RE[3]: Windows market share

by jgagnon on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 15:35 in reply to "RE[2]: Windows market share"

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But then again, it's not like Linux was ever intended to compete with Windows in the first place.

Maybe not originally, but there are certainly many distributions currently targeting the desktop as an alternative to Windows.

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