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Just an FYI that at this rate it's only going to take another 115 years before Linux has 100% market share.
2138 is the year of the Linux desktop!
What if S-curve instead of linear rate?
You mean Linux isn't going to have 200% market share one day? Shit, I'm starting to think my calculations may have not been totally serious.
I get that, I just like math
Entirely possible if the population dubbles
Market share is usually a curve.
2138, year of the Linux desktop.
Exacting 100years after y2k38
This is the same logic that a right wing ex-president of my country used to criticize the current leftist president while talking about the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
That's for August. And the growth is exponential, not linear.
To a point. Let's be honest it's going to be more like an S-curve since you can't go past 100% market share, and some people will refuse to switch.
And people not wanting to switch is fine imo. Having competition will likely help all OS's get better over time
i mean i'd prefer the competition to be BSD and such, not windows and macos
That's fine, there's no rush.
Why would market share increase linearly?