[Sheflug] Study Shows Linux at 30% of Netbook Market

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmm...

http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Study-Shows-Linux-at-30-
of-Netbook-Market

"  After Asus added Windows XP to its netbooks, euphoria in the Linux 
camp soon abated. However, it proved to be a misplaced hangover.
"High return rates, little market share": the scare tactic Microsoft 
used in the spring of 2009 to declare Linux dead in the water in the 
netbook market. But what might be true for the U.S. doesn't hold for 
the European and worldwide market as a whole.
Not only did Dell repeatedly confirm that it found no higher a return 
rate than Windows for its 30% Ubuntu-installed netbooks, a new 
independent study by the ABI Research firm forecasts a 32% market share 
for Linux on netbooks for 2009.   "

I might have believed 15% of the netbook market but 30% or 32% is a 
lot.  Still, it what we all expected back in the 90's when we all saw 
winduhs ME come along.  Yes, I have seen winduhs 7.  I can't find a use 
for it.

-- 
Richard

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