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ABI's Jeffrey Orr on rising Linux netbook sales

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After ABI Research projected that Linux will take a 32 percent share of netbooks in 2009 and wo;; overtake Windows in 2013, we spoke with ABI analyst Jeffrey Orr on the findings. Orr notes the rise of international consumers and ARM Cortex-A8-based netbooks, and discusses Ubuntu, Moblin, Android, and Chrome OS.

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caitlyn ·
The interview with Jeffrey Orr is interesting. Systems with both Linux and Windows (i.e.: the new Acer offering) count as Windows, which is considered the primary OS, rather than Android/Linux. As usual systems sold with Windows and then wiped to install Linux also don't count and Orr says that may account for another 2%. Fast boot Linux environments don't count when they lead to Windows. 32% represents just systems with Linux installed as the primary (or only) OS.

Even more interesting... the market is 90% Intel, 6% Via and other x86, and 4% ARM. MIPS isn't even mentioned. So... Linux has maintained a 32% marketshare as the primary OS mainly on Intel Atom based systems. That's even more impressive than what might have been gleaned from the original article.

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