From: John P. Looney (valen at domain tuatha.org)
Date: Tue 10 Sep 2002 - 11:16:17 IST
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 10:59:21AM +0100, Padraig Brady mentioned:
> There was a story on /. today stating "Linux is already outpacing Macintosh
> on
> desktops: "Dan Kusnetzky, an analyst for International Data Corp., said
> Linux
> had a 3.9 percent share of desktops worldwide, outpacing Macintosh's 3.1
> percent."
>
> Are these numbers accurate?
> Surely the best place to look is:
> http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist/jul02-os.gif
Though as people pointed out on Slashdot, linux on desktops is higher in
places that don't have full-time net access.
I still find it hard to believe that it's that high though.
Kate
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