Market share alone does not make an OS better. They don’t run Mac, they don’t run Linux.” Steve Ballmer recently underscored this simple fact, telling an audience that “ninety-five percent of the world’s computers run Windows. The Linux and Mac operating systems fill a relative niche in the world of technology, yet that has never stopped loyal followers of either platform from being a very vocal minority Quixotically tilting at windmills and proudly asserting the superiority of their given OS.Īlthough they’ve both been around for decades, Linux and Mac combined make up less than ten percent of the overall operating system market.
