On 1 Oct 2004, at 2:25 am, Russell Chapman wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:"PCs running Linux are growing in popularity in part because they can be loaded with a pirated copy of Windows, according to a study from analyst Gartner.
What an enormous load of FUD.
The same asians who buy a pirated copy of Windows buy cloned hardware that doesn't need to have an OS shipped in the first place...
It's not they're all buying HP/Compaq machines and Dells.
And as an aside, if Microsoft doesn't know if Longhorn will ship in 2006, and still doesn't know what will be included, and what will be dropped, then Gartner sure as hell doesn't know what the market for Windows vs Linux vs OS-X is going to be 2 years after that in 2008!
2.6% in 2008 seems laughable even by Microsoft's estimates. If that were true, Redmond wouldn't give a damn about Linux or Open Source software.
Assuming that Mac OS' market share will remain static is also strange. By 2008 I expect it to be around 5% and still ahead of Linux.
-- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/
"The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things."
-John C. Dvorak, SF Examiner, Feb. 1984.
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