50 Places Linux is Running That You Might Not Expect

Posted by scan2006 on Mar 25, 2010 4:45 PM EDT
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It was not long ago when Microsoft Windows had a tight stranglehold on the operating system market. Walk into a Circuit City or Staples, it seemed, and virtually any computer you took home would be running the most current flavor of Windows. Ditto for computers ordered direct from a manufacturer. In the last decade, though, the operating system market has begun to change. Slightly more than 5% of all computers now run Mac, according to NetMarketShare.com. Linux is hovering just beneath 1% of the overall market share in operating systems. And although that might sound like a small number, Linux is far more than just a fringe OS. In fact, it's running in quite a few more places than you probably suspect.

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How many times will the less than 1% BS have to be debunked? caitlyn 7 1,802 Mar 26, 2010 11:14 AM

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