Vista发布7个月，市场份额已经超过Windows98

Vista之家（www.vista123.com）：Vista发布7个月，市场份额已经超过Windows98

2007年9月3日据W3Counter最新数据显示，微软新一代操作系统Windows Vista目前的市场份额为3.46%。

W3Counter数据显示，今年8月，Windows 98的市场份额从1.44%降至1.34%，Linux从1.33%增至1.34%。

W3Counter指出，如果这种趋势持续下去，那么Linux的市场份额将很快超越上市9年之久的Windows 98。

此外，Mac OS X的市场份额为3.73%，Windows Vista为3.46%，Windows 2000 为3.94%。对此，W3Counter称，在一年内，Vista的市场份额将超越Mac OS X和Windows 2000。

Vista之家（www.vista123.com）特别提供英文原文如下：

Linux market share set to surpass Win 98, OS X still ahead of Vista

Recent statistics released by W3Counter reveal that the market share of Windows 98 fell from 1.44 percent to 1.34 percent in August, reducing it to the same level of popularity as the open source Linux operating system, which saw its market share increase from 1.33 to 1.34 in the same period. If the steady downward trend in Windows 98's market share continues, the popularity of Linux will soon surpass that of Microsoft's outdated, nine-year-old Windows version.

This is a somewhat empty victory for Linux enthusiasts, who have been predicting the imminent arrival of the mythical "year of the Linux desktop" for as long as I've been a Linux user. Linux's 1.34 percent market share falls far short of the rosy 2008 estimates made by Siemens in 2003.

The W3Counter's statistics, which are based on the web browser user agent text of 33 million unique visitors to over 5 thousand web sites, also show that Mac OS X (3.73 percent) is still more popular than Windows Vista (3.46 percent) and is quickly catching up to Windows 2000 (3.94 percent). Within a year, we expect Vista to surpass both of these readily.

Although market share statistics can provide valuable insight into software adoption trends, no method of gathering such information is completely reliable. One can often get a clearer picture by comparing statistics from multiple sources. Net Applications, which also provides monthly operating system market share statistics, shows Linux at 0.77 percent in August and Windows 98 at 0.98 percent.

Although the popularity of Linux still doesn't rival that of Mac OS X or Windows on the desktop, the open-source operating system is accumulating broader industry support, a factor that could potentially lead to modest market share increases in the coming months. Dell, HP, and Lenovo are all offering Linux preinstalled on desktop or laptop systems in select markets, available to end users, and reportedly well-configured. We have some coming into the lab for a test, so stay tuned.

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