Recent "Connection" magazine pointed out that the MAC platform is still the second place in the desktop operating system, but some analysts predict that the MAC platform will be located in Linux in 2005.
But this statement also caused another batch of experts' opposition. Some people say that Mac currently holds about 3% of the desktop market, while Linux's share is relatively smaller. Also another radical statement claims that Linux has obtained the second place in the desktop market in 2003. However, the "Connection" magazine of this month is reported that in the desktop market, "Mac still maintains the advantage of Linux".
Who is more accurately some of the progress made in the consumer field in recent years means it already has the strength of the desktop market with Mac OS or Windows, which can really be in the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan. Does developed regions replace the Mac list? When is it?
IDC's analyst Dan-Kushyski clarifies that Linux will have 6% of the desktop market in 2007. However, in "connecting", this number will lose the market share to Linux in anyway, "must be Microsoft, not Apple." In the United States, Europe, Australia, and in areas outside of Japan, there will be differences. Experts generally believe that in the third world, Linux will become the second operating platform, and also challenge the first Windows.
However, an apple observing a commentator pointed out that the Eastern world's serious pirated problem complicates the prediction. Because "In China, Vietnam and Colombia, people are more willing to use a pirated Windows instead of contact with free Linux."
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