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Re:Linux snickers at Microsoft's victory declaration by riffraff on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @07:39PM (#2893358)
would you care to share data sources for your confidence?

I am not arguing they are wrong, I am just unable to google concrete data for PC and smarthphone + tablets usage in a recent time period.

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Re:Linux snickers at Microsoft's victory declaration by justinsb on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @07:55PM (#2893404)
A few sources... I wouldn't put too much faith in the details, but in terms of rough magnitude they're probably pretty accurate.

Gartner says PC sales in 2011 will be <400 million. I'm pretty sure that's mostly Windows: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870330090457617...

iPad sales looking like 40 million (or more) for 2011: http://blogs.computerworld.com/18550/apple_2011_ipad_sales_h...

Smartphone sales were 100 million in Q2 alone; Windows share of that was 1.6% (!): http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219112/Gartner_Smart...

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