06.04.23
Posted in GNU/Linux, Google, Microsoft, Windows at 6:51 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary: This month’s numbers from StatCounter are good for GNU/Linux (including ChromeOS, which technically has both GNU and Linux); the firm assesses logs from 3 million sites and shows Windows down to 66% in desktops/laptops (a decade ago it was above 90%) with modest growth for GNU/Linux, which is at an all-time high, even if one does not count ChromeOS that isn’t freedom- or privacy-respecting
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06.02.23
Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Search, Windows at 8:01 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Windows down to 11% in Africa:
Summary: Microsoft, with 80 billion dollars in longterm debt and endless layoffs, is losing the monopolies; the media doesn’t mention this, but some publicly-accessible data helps demonstrate that
THE MEDIA is in a truly terrible shape, but we can say here what the media is mostly ignoring, maybe because it’s considered “advertisers-unfriendly”.
We’re now in the month of June. The numbers from African are quite telling (Android, which includes Linux, approaches 80% market share), GNU/Linux + KDE + DRM (SteamOS/Steam Deck) means that gamers are flocking to GNU/Linux (Microsoft's grip on gamers is slipping), GNU/Linux apparently rises to 14% market share in India, and worldwide GNU/Linux is estimated at 3% now (an all-time high by this firm’s yardstick; it had issues with unclassified data in recent months). The news must be very displeasing to Microsoft, which is laying off a lot of staff every month this year. Since all this “HEY HI” (AI) hype in the media started back in January (Microsoft SPAM, paid-for chaff that distracts from layoffs) the market share of Bing fell and continues to fall.
“Microsoft is run by thugs and criminals, so wasn’t this blackmail expected?”Reportedly, as of today, Microsoft is blackmailing the UK over the decision of CMA. Microsoft is run by thugs and criminals, so wasn’t this blackmail expected? █
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05.19.23
Posted in America, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 7:04 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: This month’s numbers show another shark drop for Windows; GNU/Linux + ChromeOS (based on Gentoo) rose to over 5.5% in Canada, where many schools ditched Windows
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05.17.23
Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 8:31 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: CNX Software is still shilling a bunch of Microsoft and Windows products sometimes; it’s because of money
THE tragic story of Phoronix aside, yesterday we noticed this article from an author who said: “GEEKOM sent us a sample of the AS 6 mini PC with [...] the pre-installed Windows 11″ (not the first time).
“Due to greed, GNU/Linux sites and their audiences are exposed to promotion of the competition.”We gave more examples of this (about four articles in the past) regarding the same site.
A day later they did it again. Promoting Windows products for gifts (“review” units)?
This saddening trend is hurtful. Due to greed, GNU/Linux sites and their audiences are exposed to promotion of the competition. I exchanged some E-mail with the editor of the above site earlier this month. To be fair, it was a lot worse last year [1, 2]. But the problem remains largely unsolved.
Phoronix is even worse, but an issue for another day… █
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05.12.23
Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 9:16 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: According to these latest numbers, Windows is down to 27% and GNU/Linux is up by a lot (maybe owing to some data anomalies, but still interesting)
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05.05.23
Posted in Microsoft, Windows at 3:08 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: StatCounter, which Microsoft fancies citing in particular contexts, shows “Unknown” replacing Windows this month and last month; aside from being a sign of unreliability, it serves to show misclassification (“Unknown” can mean just about anything; it’s not Windows)
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05.03.23
Posted in Africa, America, Asia, Microsoft, Windows at 12:04 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
(Not even counting Android; Microsoft Windows is only on a quarter of Internet-connected computers by such measures)
Windows market share in Brazil: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Windows market share in Russia: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Windows market share in India: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Windows market share in China: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Windows market share in South Africa: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Summary: An “Unknown” OS (not Windows) is taking market share away from Windows; whatever is going on with these statistics, it seems clear Microsoft isn’t coping with a fast-changing world, hence so many layoffs (far more than 10,000 — the “official” number that media loves parroting without investigating; Microsoft is 42 billion dollars in debt and the debt grew more than tenfold since 2010)
“Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, the firm made a loss of $18 billion, according to Smithers.”
–The Economist, 1999
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04.30.23
Posted in Africa, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 7:16 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
As of the last day of April (today):
Summary: Sudan is suffering a vicious war at the moment; this does not make it too tasteless to take a glimpse at operating system trends there (in 2009 Windows had over 99% market share there; now it’s 9%)
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