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

[Mattias Campe]

Mattias Campe schreef:
> 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?
Hmm, of course I mean '...where *Ubuntu* is the most popular Linux 
distribution in Belgium...'

Mattias
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