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Windows is down to 75% desktop usage share worldwide and 60% usage share in the United States. Still a majority, but a far cry from the days where it held 90%+
by spideymans 6y ago
Windows is down to 75% desktop usage share worldwide and 60% usage share in the United States. Still a majority, but a far cry from the days where it held 90%+ usage share. It's usage share has gradually and very quietly eroded.
Nevermind that the desktop/laptop OS market itself is no longer as important as it was in the 2000s.
- chrisseaton 6y agoAnd I guess almost all of those Windows servers in the back offices of small businesses running Active Directory and Exchange are now also gone.
- Macha 6y agoOr just running the same way they were set up a decade ago with no security patches or anything
- Kye 6y agoI think the better metric is the size of Microsoft's moat. How many applications are left that people depend on that only run on Windows? I could switch to Mac today and not miss anything. Linux, not so much, but a lot of normal, non-techie people find it's enough.