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Linux market share in servers is approx 40%
Windows is also around 40% on servers
the rest is taken up by proprietary Unix

Originally Posted by Ynot

Linux market share in servers is approx 40%
Windows is also around 40% on servers
the rest is taken up by proprietary Unix

But that is only in servers. In general, the last records put Linux at around 1%, even Hackintoshes have a bigger market share, sadly.

this often-touted 1% market share is for desktop machines

and it's complete crap
how on earth do you even reliably measure desktop usage?

Numbers for server usage is only viable cause most companies buy support contracts

this 1% is just pulled out of the air

If I had to guess,
I'd say today, 5-6% of all world desktop machines run Linux
but there's no sources to back any of these numbers up


*edit*
incidentally, there was a leaked photo (taken on a camera phone) of an internal Microsoft meeting
the picture showed a pie chart of current threats for microsoft

There was an apple slice, and a linux slice
the linux slice was larger than the apple one

http://freeculturenews.com/wp-conten...allmermacs.png

anyway....

Originally Posted by Ynot

this often-touted 1% market share is for desktop machines

and it's complete crap
how on earth do you even reliably measure desktop usage?

Numbers for server usage is only viable cause most companies buy support contracts

this 1% is just pulled out of the air

If I had to guess,
I'd say today, 5-6% of all world desktop machines run Linux
but there's no sources to back any of these numbers up

They gather the User Agents of visitors from a bunch of popular websites, and use that to determine what OS, browser, and other things you use. This is also how they determine the browser market shares and usage percents.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

1% PC are Linux, 10% of PCs are OSX UNIX
40% of Servers are Linux, 40% are UNIX
95% of Cell phones are Linux
40% of smart phones are Linux, 30% are OSX
95% of embedded systems are Linux


*nix is the dominate operating system by a huge margin

It's dominant on devices and such, but it's not dominant on desktop or laptop computers, and I would consider that more important than their cell phone marketshare.

Originally Posted by [SomeGuy]

Desktop computers aren't the majority of computers.

You know those scanners at Borders that let you listen to the CDs they have there?

Linux. I saw Tux flash by on the screen when it was booting up.

They may not be the most common in general, but they have a bigger impact on the end user than the other devices.

http://www.snoopy.force9.co.uk/17308...24f9abd1_o.jpg

http://www.snoopy.force9.co.uk/dsc0310so1.jpg

That's not much of an argument Ynot, I can come up with lots of pictures of Windows being used too. Here's one

Haha, I wonder if those things actually BSOD, or if they just photoshop that on there. That doesn't even look like the BSOD I've seen, it usually has more text on it, doesn't it?

The US Military uses Windows XP if I recall. There are plenty of devices that use Linux, and plenty of organizations that use Windows.