Sujet : Re: Do MicrosoftsCopilot+ PCs Require Linux?
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Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 25. May 2024, 21:46:15
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On 5/23/2024 9:38 AM, Tyrone wrote:
On May 23, 2024 at 7:58:35 AM EDT, "Andrzej Matuch" <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
There is no benefit to a corporation looking to have a monopoly to use
UNIX. Microsoft will hold onto the Windows core for as long as they
can, and if they replace it, they will likely do so with a rewritten
Windows core.
Microsoft has no monopoly. On anything.
True. And they never did.
It is to their benefit to retire Windows.
heh!
Might as well toss your application for membership to the MS Board of Directors in the trash.
Windows usage is shrinking, and has been for the last 14 years.
Where else does it go from nearly 100%?
(I can't find it any longer, but I recall seeing somewhere online that Windows reached 97.5% desktop market share)
Monopolies don't go from 95% of the market to 70%.
I thought you were slinging bullshit, but 2 sites I trust confirm approx those numbers.
1st datasource
https://analytics.usa.gov/data/live/os.csvsummary of raw data downloaded at 1:50pm today
# OS Site Visits (last 30 days)
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1 iOS 564742856
2 Windows 540394858
3 Android 309334579
4 Macintosh 174235737
5 Linux 42301343
6 Chrome OS 31815361
7 (not set) 1388130
8 (other) 894191
9 Win32 159772
10 Tizen 29973
12 Fuchsia 22361
13 OS/2 16369
14 Firefox OS 12761
15 Playstation 4 12249
16 FreeBSD 4021
17 NIX 3758
18 BlackBerry 3468
19 SymbianOS 791
20 Windows Phone 521
21 OpenBSD 265
22 Sony 243
23 NetBSD 172
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Total 1,665,373,779
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desktop/laptop (11): Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Chrome OS, Win32, OS/2, FreeBSD, Unix, NIX, OpenBSD, NetBSD
phone/mobile (6): iOS, Android, Blackberry, FirefoxOS, SymbianOS, WinPhone
other (6): Tizen, Fuschia, Playstation, Sony, (other), (not set)
One entry in the raw data was blank. I assigned (not set).
Results for desktop/laptop:
OS Visits % Total
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Windows 540554630 68.5% (incl Win32)
Macintosh 174235737 22.1%
Linux 42301343 5.4%
Chrome OS 31815361 4.0%
OS/2 16369 0.0021%
FreeBSD 4021 0.0005%
UNIX 3758 0.0005%
OpenBSD 265 0.0000%
NetBSD 172 0.0000%
----------------------------------
Total 788,931,656 100%
Last time I used that source - 4 years ago - it had Linux at 1.6%.
2nd datasource
https://analytics.wikimedia.org/dashboards/browsers/#desktop-site-by-os/os-family-timeseriesMay 12 2024
Windows 62.3%
MacOS 17.5%
Other 15.6%
Linux 2.2%
From 10-15 years ago, big Windows drop, big Mac gain, Linux up significantly depending on source.