[ Thanks to Don Brock
for this link. ]
“WebSideStory, Inc., the world’s leading provider of
outsourced e-business intelligence services, today reported that
despite much hype and expectation in recent years, Linux has failed
to gain market share from Microsoft and Apple operating systems. As
of December 17, 2001, Linux held a global usage share of only 0.24
percent, according to WebSideStory’s StatMarket
(www.statmarket.com), a Web development optimization service and
the leading source for data on global Internet user trends. This
compares with Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s Macintosh operating
systems, which hold a combined global usage share of more than 98
percent. For almost three years, Linux usage share has fluctuated
between .2 and .3 percent, with no substantial growth. Usage share
is the percentage of Internet surfers that are using a particular
operating system.”