[Ubuntu-be] Why Linux Doesn't Spread - the Curse of Being Free

[Mattias Campe]

Jan Claeys schreef:
> Op donderdag 21-02-2008 om 17:30 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Steven
> Leeman:
>   
>>> - Everybody has Windows, so it has to be good.
>>>       
>> Nah MacOSX is good although not everybody has it...   -> IT'S ALL
>> ABOUT MARKETING...
>>     
>
> So, then why doesn't Apple have more than 3% marketshare on the PC
> market while they probably spend 50x more per unit sold than Microsoft
> on marketing...?  ;)
>
> "Linux" is actually growing faster than Mac OS X, and might surpass it
> within 1-3 years in most countries.
>   
Jan, what are your sources for the last sentence? I know the following 
sources, but these ones don't seem to give arguments for your statement 
(maybe because they are too global).

http://www.thecounter.com > Global Stats  (currently Linux: 1% vs Mac 4%)
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=9 (currently Linux: 
0,67% vs Mac 7,57% and the trend seems to be in favor of Mac)

Could it be possible to clarify 'growing faster... in 
desktop/mobile/server/all' and 'most countries'=?

BTW Some time ago somebody posted the results of some Belgian survey 
somewhere where we could read that Linux is the most popular Linux 
distribution in Belgium, but I can't seem to find that message any more. 
Does somebody has any clue?

Greetings
Mattias

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