Desktop Linux Share Overtaking Macintosh

prostoalex writes "Business Week magazine is optimistic about desktop Linux's future, telling a story of Capital Cardiology Associates, whose 160 employees migrated to Linux desktops. Furthermore, Business Week expects IDC to announce desktop Linux installations to reach 3.2%, for the first time overtaking Macintosh market share. By 2007, IDC forecasts, Linux will be installed on 6% of the desktops. It's also worth mentioning that desktop Linux market share for 2002 was 2.8% and that year it was behind Apple's operating system."

Comments

Mac vs PC

[beakburke]

Honestly, I think Macs are better home computers, and im not sure Linux will ever truly cater to the nontechincal home user. The people just want to use their computer and aren't the tinkering poweruser type. The Macs at home will cooperate well with the Linux desktops at work. At work linux can be set up to do the work tasks and left alone, using a (thinner)client/server model. They might also shine as technical workstations, but then again so do G5 powermacs. Basically, in my opinion, home type users are better off with OSX macs because they are using them as PCs=(personal computers) whereas linux is a much better server/client choice, which seems more appropriate in a work environment. Whether the "workstation" class business machines are OSX or linux would probably depend on whether the business was small with little tech dept. (OSX) or big/corporate (linux).