Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux

Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux by remus on Monday October 12, 2020 @09:32AM (#24754158)

Given the anti-trust focus on large tech firms at the moment it seems unlikely, at least in the short term. Windows has a huge market share in desktop (~80% from a quick search) and very substantial share in laptops (~40%) and I can't imagine they want to make any moves (e.g. buying out a competitor) that might lead a regulator to believe they're flexing a dominant market position to their advantage.

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Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux by michaelmrose on Monday October 12, 2020 @10:37AM (#24754743)

Can you clarify where you are getting your stats I had a very hard time digging up an OS market share breakdown for just laptops but intuitively it seems like it ought to be relatively similar to the desktop market share save for the addition of chromebooks.

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Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux by tracker1 on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:51PM (#24760852)

Agreed, outside of developers and the wealthy (overlap) I would be surprised of non-chromeos laptops are even 50% apple.

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Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux by michaelmrose on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:04PM (#24760939)

I think historically apple has maintained approximately a 10% market share plus or minus 3 points with a higher share for the US and collegiate market.

ChromeOS is supposedly 6% of the desktop market share according to stat counter that I believe confusingly includes desktop/laptop under the same grouping. I'm guessing that about nobody is running chromeOS on a desktop so a reasonable guess is that their share of the laptop market is could easily be 10ish percent.

This would leave windows with somewhere between 70% and 80%

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Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux by tracker1 on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:05PM (#24760952)

Aside, I've considered using a ChromiumOS for older desktops as a refurb option a few times, and for the likes of my mother in-law who likes desktop form factor, but needs something more "safe" than a typical desktop.

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Re:Microsoft is not rebasing Windows to Linux by hutzlibu on Monday October 12, 2020 @10:13AM (#24754505)

But they are not really competing against Ubuntu in the Laptop market.

Much rather against apple and chromebooks and they cannot buy them. So I doubt they do not buy cannonical because of fear of regulators.

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