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Jul 01 2009

Market Share For Computer Operating Systems

Published by techspotlight at 12:05 am under Apple, Windows Vista Edit This

Operating Systems are a very important aspect of computers.  The OS is what runs the computer and tells it what to do and how to operate.  Developers build software for the OS to make the product much more extensible.  While there are tons of flavors of Linux, they still hold an extremely small percentage of user base, due to the fact that Linux is more complicated and not widely known by common users.  Apple has been making small inroads to the percentage with OS X, but Windows remains the dominant platform and will likely have a huge user base for the foreseeable future.

Please be aware that these percentages are based on consumers and businesses, not including servers.  The actual figures and data are provided by Global Market Share Statistics and their website can be viewed here.

OS

Market Share
June 2009

Microsoft Windows

87%

Apple Macintosh

9%

Linux

1%

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