Linux Reaches 32% Netbook Market Share 389
christian.einfeldt writes "Linux netbooks have captured 32% of the global netbook market, says Jeff Orr, an analyst with consumer computer research firm ABI Research. The largest share of netbook sales is in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, according to Orr. ABI's latest figures align with a statement by Dell executives in February of this year, to the effect that Linux netbooks comprised about 33% of Dell shipments of Dell Inspiron mini 9s netbooks. These data points cast doubt on claims by Microsoft that Windows XP has captured 98% of the netbook market (a figure Microsoft later revised to 93%). In an interview with DesktopLinux.com, Orr made clear that the 32% Linux netbook market share did not include either user-installed Linux or dual-boot systems, but was confined to just pre-installed Linux shipments."
Oblig Simpson Quote (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oblig Simpson Quote (Score:5, Funny)
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
Re:Oblig Simpson Quote (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A view from Asia-Pacific (Score:2, Funny)
obligatory, I use Ubuntu daily, and our shop is Debian...
Re:A view from Asia-Pacific (Score:2, Funny)
Global market share of Mac is just over 4%: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/01/apples_iphone_halo_effect_again_carries_mac_sales_to_new_heights.html [appleinsider.com]
I think the 9% figure you quote is for the US, you jingoistic, narrow-minded American swine.
---linuxrocks123
Re:Oh really? (Score:4, Funny)
Windows: Because a Netbook was made for running Cubase!
That giggling sound is the average Windows laughing at you. Although they aren't sure why they're laughing because they don't really know what you're talking about.
Re:I wonder if many install Windows themselves (Score:3, Funny)
Since you don't seem very technical,
I am fairly technical, but not seeming it sounds like a compliment to me. Since you don't seem to be able to read, I'll repeat that the error occurred during installing, not launching. Thanks for the tip, though.
Re:Oblig Simpson Quote (Score:5, Funny)
Why would someone purchase a linux based laptop at around equal price as a windows one to go through the extra steps to avoid paying $7 for a Windows XP Home License ?
So insecure Windows fanboys can feel better about themselves..
Re:A view from Asia-Pacific (Score:2, Funny)
W8, did you together with GlassHeart above you just just come to conclusion that the existence and practices of MS are as inevitable as laws of physics? ;/
Re:Hard to find Linux Netbooks in Japan (Score:3, Funny)
"Run!! RINIKUSUUUUU~"
Re:A view from Asia-Pacific (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hard to find Linux Netbooks in Japan (Score:3, Funny)