Enterprise Computing corrects Linux up 212% story | Linux Today

Enterprise Computing corrects Linux up 212% story

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 18, 1998

“Correction: This story confused two statistics regarding the
growth of the Linux operating system. Shipments of Linux grew an
estimated 212 percent from 1997 to 1998. The Linux market
share–the percentage of all operating systems shipped–increased
153 percent from 1997 to 1998.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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