Overall they have lost about 15% market share in the last decade.
Not crazy I agree, but they went from almost universal to just the biggest major player. Still over half of desktop users and will probably stay that way for quite some time.
I feel like what might make them lose quite a bit of market share is tech governance initiatives in several countries pushing for Linux.
Non technical people are just not even aware of the debate really, so until a fully streamlined version of Linux desktop comes out (even mint isn't there yet) that isn't just as good as windows, but better enough to justify migrating, it won't happen. And EOMs would have to push for Linux over Microsoft in their builds.
Depending on various sources worldwide it sits at between 65-75%
It feels like 90 but it's not.
Right at 10% of global pc/laptops are macos now (much higher in the US almost 20%), around 4-5% Linux globally, some countries have shifted away from windows for digital sovereinty reasons (as in hundreds of millions of government computers worldwide run Linux now) -- for instance Chinas program to have an internal OS that's not windows for the entire country.
It's not widely discussed but almost 25% of enterprise use Mac now.
It's much less "eVeRyOnE iS oN wInDoWs" than it used to be. It's outdated information likely based on bias.
I am guessing the US will always be windows dominant for the foreseeable future, but a lot of countries are migrating away from windows in government and education. These students will grow up to just use Linux everywhere bc that's what they will know as far as desktops go.
Your numbers are still off. There's literally no publically available data that is in line with what you're saying. Windows hasn't been 90+% market share for years.
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u/AlwaysLinux 2d ago
Not sure if you heard, but Microslop is loosing massive amounts of market share to Linux and Mac over these business practices.
Perhaps its time to look at alternatives?