Re: Linux for Kids

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:50:06 +0100

chris writes:

> Don't be silly. There is more to the world than your little part of it. On
> a global scale, MS' share is falling rapidly.

Microsoft's share has hardly moved in years. It's still 97% of all
desktops. Linux is about 0.2%. 

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