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Windows may be the dominant desktop OS, but Linux (via Android) has a larger install base now. As for office software, G Suite took over the top spot from MS O
by gamache 5y ago
Windows may be the dominant desktop OS, but Linux (via Android) has a larger install base now.
As for office software, G Suite took over the top spot from MS Office a few years ago.
- scarface74 5y agoGSuite is nowhere near the “top spot”. It’s nowhere close. https://www.ciodive.com/news/g-suite-passes-2b-monthly-active-users-trails-microsoft/574084/ https://www.ciodive.com/news/g-suite-passes-2b-monthly-activ... > Microsoft owns nearly 90% of the office suite market, or email and authoring market, as Gartner calls it. Google holds onto just over 10%, but is gaining about 1% market share annually.
- throwawayboise 5y agoPerhaps GP meant "online office suite"
- scarface74 5y agoIsn’t that a distinction without a difference? All of the office suites have both online and offline capabilities - even Apple’s iWork. On the other hand, I hardly ever use the online version of GSuite, I use the iOS versions that can all work offline.
- philistine 5y agoAnd think of all the Linux user base on servers and the fact that macOS and iOS are somewhat like Linux. Unix is huge baby!
- pjmlp 5y agoAnyone writing portable software across UNIX will painfully discover why stuff like autoconf was born.
- pjmlp 5y agoLinux kernel is only an implementation detail on Android. Userspace is a mix of Java, Kotlin, ISO C and ISO C++ standard libraries, and Android specific native APIs. Nothing from Linux side is considered public API other than for OEMs providing their own device customisations, not app developers consumption. G Suite still has too much to learn from Office capabilities.