We see the nearly 33-year-old OS’s market share growing 31.3 percent from June 2023, when we last reported on Linux market share, to February. Since June, Linux usage has mostly increased gradually. Overall, there’s been a big leap in usage compared to five years ago. In February 2019, Linux was reportedly on 1.58 percent of desktops globally.
Air passes 10% market share.
It is hard and kinda pointless to talk about market share of something that isn’t sold.
It does for software becuase when somthing gains enough marketshare it then becomes somthing that businesses start to consider as a general option.
Like the reason Adobe gets by despite the culture for just pirating their software is becuase even piracy gives market share, and Adobe products are so commonly used that corporations feel obliged to use Adobe licences in their projects.
It’s not hard to talk about it at all. People are talking about it right now.
How does it matter whether the software is paid for or not?