Linux’s share of netbooks surging, not sagging, says analyst

“Reports that the Linux netbook is dead or dying are incorrect,
at least globally, according to an analyst firm.

“Nearly one-third of the 35 million netbooks on track to ship
this year will come with some variant of the free, open-source
operating system, ABI Research said. The exact split is 32% Linux
versus 68% Windows, said Jeff Orr, an analyst at ABI, which works
out to about 11 million Linux netbooks this year.

“That number contradicts third-party market figures, trumpeted
by Microsoft, that showed Linux shipping on as few as 4% of U.S.
netbooks.

“”Just because you live in the United States, don’t assume that
everything is on Windows,” Orr said.”

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