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Windows Plunges to 89% of Desktops Worldwide; Linux Surges Towards 1%

A new survey from Net Applications indicates that worldwide market share for Windows and Internet Explorer continues to drop.

On the operating system side, it shakes out thusly:

• Windows - a bit over 89%
• Mac OSX - just about 9%
• Linux - almost nudging 1% (after like 17 years of development)

For browsers, here’s the top 3 (all others need not apply):

• IE - 69% and change
• Firefox - at 20% (which they hit in October) and heading for 21%
• Safari - chugging along at 7%

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on December 02, 2008 (boomark / email).