Market Share rose a bit more!

[L4Linux]

W3counter says that in December Linux market share rose to 2,13%, from 2,11% in November
And for the first time Windows 2000 have less market share than Linux. At last!
We should hype it on our blogs and sites, I believe. It could give some more publicity to Linux.
At the rate of the last 2 months, at the end of the year it will be 2,35%. I really hope for 2,5% or more!

[dandart]

I could have sworn we have more...
Schools in Europe are hyped in Linux and FLOSS and apparently the government and schools in NZ are based on Linux. Many other countries, like Africa, South America, and significantly LEDCs, all have Linux on the desktop.

In the server room, we have the majority I believe. (At least I know that Apache does)

So 2.5% is a little underrated in my opinion. I think we must be in the 30s or 40s by now. At least for netbooks... we're very much higher than even that.

We just need to keep making it easier and easier to use, advertise, possibly not mention the name "Linux" as it scares newbies or those who have had bad experience in previous versions (you know, "what is this? bobby@bobby:~$? "). and move more using the cloud... and we're sorted.

[questio verum]

Momentum is slowly building, but consider that the U.S., China, and much of the rest of the world is still running MS software for the most part. 2.13% is respectable for an OS that receives all most no commercial promotion. Look at Apple's share, and they do promote commercially. The difference in that base and most of the others is that users of this base are not likely to jump ship because something glitzier or shinier, or requiring less thought arrives. The same can't be said for most of the others.

qv