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2004: The year of desktop Linux?
http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020472,39118695,00.htm

"The hype may have faded from the idea of desktop Linux, but that hasn't stopped governments and corporations from beginning to test the waters"

http://news.com.com/Desktop+Linux+a+vehicle+for+pirating+Windows/2100-1016_3-5388863.html

"Linux, an open-source operating system that's developed by a community of volunteer and paid programmers, has so far found traction mainly in corporate servers, not in desktop PCs. Today, only up to 3 percent of all client computers ship with Linux, though the number is difficult to track since half of them end up in China, where many of the computers end up with copies of Windows installed, said IDC analyst Roger Kay.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/business/technology/8267380.htm


``The reality is it's probably 1 percent using Linux,'' Kay said."

http://www.itnetcentral.com/pcworld/article.asp?id=13985&info=PC+World&leveli=0

"Linux may be shipping on a growing number of PCs sold in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. But about 80 percent of PCs shipped with the open source operating system this year will eventually run pirated versions of Windows, industry research firm Gartner estimates.

The high price of Windows may be driving vendors in countries like China and Russia to ship Linux on as many as 40 percent of their PCs, but many of these systems will not ultimately run the free operating system, Gartner says in a recent report.

In fact, this high percentage of Linux sales is being driven by the availability of cheap pirated copies of Windows rather than a desire to run Linux."

"Desktop Linux will account for about 5 percent of desktops shipped in 2004, according to Gartner, with 10.5 percent of the desktops in Asia shipping with Linux this year. However, the installed base of Linux will come to only 1.3 percent."


http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/5381/1/

This in 2004

"Over the last couple of years, the Linux server market has gone mainstream capturing as much as 24 percent of the market, according to IDC, but Linux desktop remains far behind with IDC estimating its market share at less than 3 percent."

This in Way back 2001 http://www.macworld.com/news/2001/12/19/linux/

"Linux may continue to gain favor as a server operating system, but for the desktop, and in particular amongst Internet users, Linux is a washout."

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2001dec/gee20011220009414.htm

"Web surfers using Linux as a desktop OS account for only 0.24% of the users online. Over the past three years, the desktop share of Linux fluctuates between 0.2 and 0.3%, with no steady growth in site. Windows and Mac surfers make up 98% of the OS market."

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