Evan Martin (evan) wrote in evan_tech,
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linux popularity

Market researcher IDC expects to announce within weeks that Linux' PC market share in 2003 hit 3.2%, overtaking Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh software. And the researcher expects Linux to capture 6% of this market by 2007.

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I suppose it's all the non-desktop stuff, though there have been huge installs in Spain and... Brazil?
I still find it pretty comical that people use Windows (and rdesktop or something?) as servers.
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