[Linux4christians] Why you should support Mac OS X and Linux

Samuel Clough samuel.clough at trumpetsofzion.org
Sat Mar 28 08:00:16 EDT 2009


Actually I think the Mac number goes up quite a bit when you also segregate
the market into home computing vs. enterprise computing.  There are an awful
lot of homes now using Macs, but the numbers probably don't reflect it when
they include business desktops.

2009/3/27 Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com>

>  Raoul Snyman wrote:
>
> Last I checked, Mac OS X had around a 5% market share, and Linux had much
> less than that (among consumers). I can feel that many PHBs look at this
> small number and think "5%? Why should I support a whole new platform when
> I could just blow some more money on brand advertising?"
> http://blog.wolfire.com/2008/12/why-you-should-support-mac-os-x-and-linux/
>
>  Well, the number for here in the US is much more than that, and even
> greater in Europe and Asia.
>
> Fred
>
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