The usual people (IDT?) quoted Linux at about 2-3% of desktop market last I remember (3-6 months ago), putting it #3 behind Windows and MacOS.
Best I remember, about 6-8% server market penetration was where suddenly all the server people started supporting Linux, and 10-12% was the market penetration that Apple used to estimate that it needed to maintain to retain the support of third-party software providers. So it looks like desktop Linux is about 1-2 doublings away from the cross-over point where all the third party hardware and software vendors start scrambling to offe the best Linux support. (Makes sense: A 1-2% increase in market share isn't going to get anyone promoted. A 10% increase in market share, on the other hands, looks pretty good on the annual report.) Arcady Genkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My bank rolled out a new version of web banking, which has a bug in > Java Script. I sent them a bug report, to which I got a polite reply > which boils down to ``Tough luck. We don't test on Linux.'' > > I'm writing a letter to them, and would like to include some > statistics as to how many desktop computers run Linux nowadays. > > Is anyone aware of any surveys on this subject? > > Thanks! > -- > Arcady Genkin > Thanks God I'm still an atheist! -- Luis Bunuel > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
