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In Reply to: RE: Apple & Mac OS X Poised to take Marketshare ? posted by AbeCollins on June 12, 2009 at 09:20:50
I suspect far more shops are considering the switch to Linux desktops than to Macs. Particularly in large organizations where you're talking about thousands or even tens of thousands of machines, the cost savings in hardware and software vs. a Microsoft shop is very real. TCO and administrative costs may still favor Microsoft, but the gap is narrowing quickly as more mid and low level IT techs are becoming Linux literate.
The other big trend that will eat Microsoft up is that more and more business software is becoming web/HTTP based, so all you need is a capable browser and handful of common business apps like word processors and spreadsheets for 95% of the typical company's employees. Those with particular software needs can use Mac, Windows, Sun, or whatever workstations.
I don't doubt that the Mac will continue to gain some small amount of market share, but it won't be IT driven.
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