Analytikerföretaget net applications rapporterar att microsoft har sämsta marknadsandelen på 15 år. Under november månad var andelen nere på 89.62%, något som inte setts sen Windows 3.11-tiden.
Of course, the market share loss benefits other operating systems, especially Mac OS X and Linux. Net Applications estimates that Apple’s Mac OS X now holds 8.87%, up from 6.80% in November of last year and up from 3.2% in November 2004. Linux is listed with a 0.83% share, which is up from 0.57% one year ago. In November 2004, Linux’ market share was estimated at 0.30%.