LinuxWorld: Debunking the Linux-Windows Market-Share Myth

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 19, 2003

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

Evans Data Corporation hired me to help out with a research
report focused on Linux developers. They surveyed a broad range of
developers, including VARs, consultants, developers working for
ISVs and IT-developers for companies of every imaginable size. It
turns out there are so many jewels in the survey results that it’s
difficult to decide which ones to put on display here at
LinuxWorld.

“After much consideration, I chose a nearly flawless diamond. It
replaces the cubic zirconia otherwise known as the axiom that Linux
is taking more market share from Unix than from Windows. I had long
suspected this was a fallacy, and Evans’ data confirms my
suspicions…”

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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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