According to marketshare.hitslink.com, the Windows operating system is slowly losing market share to Apple and Linux. Over the past couple of months Apple has gained ground and popularity, and soon will approach 10%. Linux appears to be approaching th 1% milestone as well, and in my opinion is well overdue.
The overall negative opinion of Windows is one reason for the diminishing market share, plus the attrative ad campains by Apple Computers that have greatly improved Apple’s image as a legitimate and stable Operating System.
Ubuntu Linux has also eaten a chunk out of Windows market share, with it’s innovate open-source linux distribution. Ubuntu has proven to be a rock solid OS with many windows equivalent applications and features, like Open Office and Gimp. Ubuntu is also free and can be downloaded via ftp, http, or even through torrents! You just can’t beat that, plus linux runs on any hardware!
And that is the current state of the OS Market Share. At this point it looks like Windows is losing ground to it’s competitors Apple and Linux, however we will have to see what happens on October 22 when Windows 7 will be official released. I am predicting that it will go up to 90% again, but hey it’s just a guess at this point.
What do you think?
