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Debunking the Linux 1% market share myth?  by Hawke last
modified Apr 05, 2011 11:25 AM This article by Caitlin Martin on
the Oreilly website is a little old, September 2010, but not too
ancient. But I was just chatting with Dell they officially
abandoned sales of Linux systems, ALL of them, in the middle of
2010. What a strange contrast in information. Anyhow, though not
definitive, she does makes some excellent points that Linux
market share is more likely 8-10% at least, and backs it up with
some reasonaable explanations and reports. A worthy read for
Linux critics and supporters.     Linux market share is not
tiny. Linux and UNIX have held a majority share of the server
room for over a decade. Linux is very competitive in embedded
devices. It is also making great strides on the consumer and
business desktop, which includes laptops, notebooks and
netbooks.  Let's start with netbooks, the