Market share: Windows vs Linux vs Mac vs ??

[Matthew Flaschen]

Karl Larsen wrote:
>    My new computer was sold as a Windows PC and it is supposed to only
> work with Windows 2000 and XP. When I asked if it would support Linux
> they said NO! So market share of Linux is unknown. Windows claims to
> have over 90% of the world computer market. I think this is about right.

What do you mean by world computer market?  If you mean "world desktop
market", it's probably a bit higher than 90%.  If "computer" includes
servers, it's significantly lower.

Matt Flaschen