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Developers take a shift from Windows to Linux
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| The Eclipse Foundation, a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that
| hosts the Eclipse projects, recently announced the Eclipse Community Survey
| 2009 in The Open Source Developer Report.
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| According to the report, Linux has become the most common deployment platform
| for the developer community. There is a shift from the Microsoft Windows to
| Linux and Mac OSX for their desktop development operating system.
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http://www.ciol.com/Developer/Operating-System/News-Reports/Developers-take-a-shift-from-Windows-to-Linux/1609120333/0/
Linux market share growing, growing, growing
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| I looked into where Net Applications gets data. They say “We use a unique
| methodology for collecting this data. We collect data from the browsers of
| site visitors to our exclusive on-demand network of live stats customers. The
| data is compiled from approximately 160 million visitors per month.”
|
| That’s certainly a lot of data, although it would be nice to know who
| the “exclusive on-demand network” participants are. For instance, if
| Microsoft’s TechNet web site is included (which may or may not be the case,
| but a Microsoft logo is part of a rotating list of logos displayed) then you
| would expect it is likely visitors to that site tend towards using Microsoft
| operating systems.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25361/1143/
Recent:
GNU/Linux Eclipses Windows – for Eclipse Users
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| For me, the highlight is the following:
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| Developers appear to be shifting away from Microsoft Windows to Linux and Mac
| OSX for their development operating system. 26.9% of respondents cite Linux
| was as primary desktop operating system, representing a 7 percentage point
| increase from 2007. Though Windows is still the dominant development OS at
| 64%, it has decreased 10 percentage points from 2007. The most popular Linux
| variant of choice among developers is Ubuntu, which accounts for over half of
| Linux respondents. Mac OSX has increase to 6.9% from 3.5% in 2007.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2222&blogid=14
Lies, Damn Lies and Linux Market Share Statistics
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| "The numbers from NetApplications are clearly unrepresentative of reality,"
| blogger Robert Pogson told LinuxInsider. "Around 2003/4, IDC determined by
| survey that GNU/Linux was ahead of Mac OS at about 3 percent. Since then
| GNU/Linux has had growth numbers from 20 to 50 percent in various places.
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| "That would put GNU/Linux at 7 to 9 percent," he asserted.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/67031.html?wlc=1242052796&wlc=1242058748
GreyGeek - Subject: Ah, I see that NetApplications primary
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| usiness model is rebranding Windows executables and selling them to
| unsuspecting rubes.
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| A year ago Matt Assay said it was at 2.02%
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| ZDNet reported on Feb 24th, 2004 that the 2003 Linux desktop market share hit
| 3.2% and expected it to hit 6% by 2007.
| http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=5334
| In 2005 they reported that the 2004 saw the Linux desktop at 4%.
| I believe that the all the ZDNet figures were spot on. If anything, the Linux
| desktop market share has continued to increase and is probably currently at
| 8-10% and rising. Dell and the other PC OEMs wouldn't have invested in
| selling Linux pre-installed if it appealed only to less than 1% of the
| desktop market.
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| It is quite obvious that NetApplications latest "report" is merely
| Microsoft's continuing attempt to control the news about Linux's success in
| replacing Windows on the desktop. It's not working... No one whith half an
| ounce of brain would take the bait on a "free" Win7 (a dumbed down version
| that can run only 3 apps at a time) that will deactivate after one year
| unless the user PAYS Microsoft to activate it. Win7 is NOT free.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-05-007-35-OS-MR-0000
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