[CLUG] Desktop Linux Share Overtaking Macintosh

[adam beecher]

I wasn't suggesting that the statistic be used to suggest that anyone is
"losing" -- negative statements breed negativity, they're always to be
avoided. I was simply suggesting that a statement like "Linux is likely to
overtake MacOS on the desktop next year" (or better "Linux overtook MacOS on
the desktop /this/ year") would be useful for PHBs looking to roll out Linux
on the desktop in their organisation.

adam


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cork-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:cork-bounces at linux.ie]On Behalf Of
> Mark Twomey
> Sent: 14 February 2004 15:02
> To: cork at linux.ie; adam beecher
> Subject: Re: [CLUG] Desktop Linux Share Overtaking Macintosh
>
>
> On Feb 14, 2004, at 2:49 PM, adam beecher wrote:
>
> > prostoalex writes "Business Week magazine is optimistic about desktop
> > Linux's future, telling a story of Capital Cardiology Associates,
> > whose 160
> > employees migrated to Linux desktops. Furthermore, Business Week
> > expects IDC
> > to announce desktop Linux installations to reach 3.2%, for the first
> > time
> > overtaking Macintosh market share. By 2007, IDC forecasts, Linux will
> > be
> > installed on 6% of the desktops. It's also worth mentioning that
> > desktop
> > Linux market share for 2002 was 2.8% and that year it was behind
> > Apple's
> > operating system."
>
> Lets not get in a tizzy here, this isn't a story about Macintosh losing
> it's a story about Windows losing. Any stories of Linux desktop
> replacements going on revolve around taking out a large scale Windows
> customer, and that's good news for everyone who isn't Microsoft.
>
> As a Mac user at home I'm delighted to see Linux on the rise, not only
> does it put a computing environment I've learned to appreciate over
> time into places where once there was only Windows (Corporate Desktops)
> but with any luck it'll give Mac users even more code to port, modify
> and contribute changes back into the open source community as has been
> happening since OS X was released.
>
> Mark.
>
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