Another Look At Linux Netbook Return Statistics Apr 10, 2009, 13 :03 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (6359 reads) (Other stories by Matthew McKenzie)
"She then cites a Computerworld column by Steven Vaughan-Nichols that helps debunk the 96 percent claim. He writes:
"[Microsoft's Brandon] LaBlanc opened [his blog post] by claiming that almost all netbooks sold today are sold with Windows. Well, no, not really. The numbers LaBlanc cites are from NPD's sales survey. NPD focuses on brick-and-mortar U.S. sales, not overall sales. Notice how many Linux systems you see at Best Buy? NPD numbers say a lot more about retail channel sales than it does over-all sales. Besides, as Canonical's director of business development Kenyon wrote, "However here is an interesting fact--when customers are offered choice on equally well-engineered computers around a third will select Ubuntu over XP."
