Global PC OS shares: Windows XP - 74.3%, other Windows - 21.6%

Forbes reports there are now 665 mln copies of XP installed worldwide, giving it 74.3% share of the PC installed base. Other versions of Windows account for another 190 mln units, or 21.6% share.

Published on: January 30, 2007 Department: OS

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20% of mobile phones to run Linux by 2013
Windows servers up 12.8% in Q4 2007, Linux up 8%
Microsoft Windows servers grew 9.8% in Q4 2007
Smart phone OS shares: Symbian - 67%, Microsoft - 13%, RIM - 10%
Web server numbers, September 2000 - December 2007
100 mln copies of Vista sold in 2007
Linux is used by 18% of medium businesses in Japan
OS market shares in November 2007
OS market shares: Win XP - 79.32%, Vista - 7.38%, Mac OS - 3.38%
Symbian maintains 72% mobile OS market share
Linux for smartphones to grow at 75% a year
More CIOs are disinterested in Linux
80% of business PCs do not support premium Vista installs
127 mln mobile devices to run Linux by 2012
Point of sale systems up 8% in 2006 in North America
Linux server shipments up 15.3% in Q4 2006
Global PC OS shares: Windows XP - 74.3%, other Windows - 21.6%
90% of all new user PCs to have Vista in 2007
Server market in Q3 2006: Windows servers up 4.6%, Unix down 1.7%
Vista to run on less than 10% of world PCs by year-end 2007
Linux to lead smartphone OS market with 26.6% by 2010
Windows-based servers had more uptime than RedHat-based
By year-end 2006 70% of PCs will still run Windows XP
EMEA outsourcing to generate $90.9 bln by 2009
60% of PCs sold through retail stores now run Media Center OS
Chinese Linux market reached $11.8 mln in 2005
40% of data centers run healthy mix of Unix, Linux and Windows
Mobile OS market shares in 2005: Symbian - 51%, Linux - 23%, Windows - 17%
Embedded Linux to generate $100 mln in 2005
Symbian phone shipments up 191% in the first half of 2005
Linux revenues to grow at 64% a year in China
Enterprise server OS market shares: Windows - 65-70%, Linux - 15-20%
1% of corporate PC users run Linux desktops
Smart device OS market shares: Symbian - 62.8%, Microsoft - 15.9%, PalmSource - 9.5%
Linux deployments in retail business up 34% in 2004
Mobile device OS shares: Symbian - 55.9%, Windows - 12.7%, Linux - 11.3%
Smartphone OS shares: Symbian - 76.2%, Linux - 13.7%, PalmOS - 4.6%, Windows - 4.5%, RIM - 1.0%
21% of Japanese companies and 33% of US companies use open source OS
Linux market share reaches 1.1% in Australia
Linux servers grew 36% in Canada in 2004
In Q1 2005 48% of business PCs ran Windows 2000, 38% ran Windows XP, 10% ran Windows NT
53% of North American companies use Linux
Linux server sales reached $1.2 bln in Q1 2005
Patching Windows system costs 14% less than open source client
Only 7% of companies officially run Service Pack 2
Only 27% of mid-size business run Linux
88% of companies think Windows has the same or better quality than Linux
Fedora Linux grows 122.4% in 6 months on Linux Web hosting market
Australian handheld market OS shares: Symbian - 44.2%, Microsoft - 36.1%, Palm - 10.6%
21% of Windows users run 95, 98 or ME
58% of financial organizations use Linux
Linux market share for servers and desktops
Linux desktop shipments to small businesses to grow at 39% a year
1.4 copies of Windows Media Center OS sold
Linux market share to reach 7% in 2008
6% of iPod users made a switch to MacOS
Microsoft gets 48.1% PDA OS market share in Q3 2004
Server migration patterns for 2004: most companies moving to Windows, leaving Netware
Microsoft distributed 106 mln copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2
72% of billion-dollar companies plan to increase Linux spending
80% of PCs sold with Linux will run pirated Windows
By 2009 Microsoft will win the wireless OS war over Symbian
Major hurdles to Linux adoption
21% of IT executives plan to switch some Windows desktops to Linux
Point-of-sale OS market shares: Windows - 43%, in-house - 19%, IBM - 17%
Set top box software to generate $800 mln in 2008
47% of enterprise customers will not move from Windows to Linux
5% of all PCs in 2004 shipped with Linux
Asia-Pacific Linux server market to grow 7.1%, software market to grow 96.6%
1 bln Windows users by 2010
European Linux spending to reach $98 mln in 2004
Desktop OS market shares for 2004
53% of large businesses run Linux for mission-critical apps
210 mln copies of Windows XP sold
Windows market share to drop to 58% by 2007
Computer book sales by operating system: Windows - 56%, Mac - 23%
Countdown of security vulnerabilities and fixes
90% of IT directors consider Linux switch too costly
Reliability and security quoted the main reasons for Linux switch
11% of Windows server customers plan to switch to Linux
Embedded Linux market shares: homegrown, ucLinux, Debian, Red Hat
8% of Linux developers think SCO has merit
Linux leads in Asian embedded/RTOS market
Linux distributions market shares: RedHat, Debian, SuSE
Linux desktop market share to reach 6% in 2007
Linux has 25% share in servers, 2.8% in desktops
Small businesses fear Microsoft dependence
Linux OS to outpace MacOS in sales
49% of PCs run Windows 95/98, 6.6% run Windows XP
Linux spreading among UK SMBs
IDC on Linux usage in Australia and New Zealand
IDC on OS wars
60% of enterprises will migrate 80% of their Unix apps to Linux
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Gartner: Open source software popular in Australia
Jupiter: Linux and OO numbers
NetCraft: Windows 2003 usage doubles
Celent: Windows in 65% of ATMs by 2005
Mi2g: Linux Most Attacked Server OS
Forrester: Linux development can be more costly
Giga: Windows may be cheaper than Linux
Taiwan OS market

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