Comments on: 4 Percent of The VAR Guy’s Readers Run Google Chrome Web Browser

By: Kayo

Kayo — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:37:59 +0000

BS low – ratinoilaty high! Really good answer!

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:46:14 +0000

@VAR Guy: Linux is quietly running in millions of smart phones?? I recently got a smart phone and the thing I wanted most was for it to run Linux. I looked, looked, looked, and could not find anything. Sure, there’s the freerunner, but the software stack as well as the hardware at the moment is still really backward. And that was the only phone I found on the market. (And the Nokia 810, but that’s not a phone anyway)

Apart from that, it was either Symbian or Windows Mobile. I decided to go for the lesser evil.

By: The VAR Guy

The VAR Guy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:35:27 +0000

@Quazar: Google Linux would be an interesting play. But The VAR Guy hopes Google doesn’t try to re-invent the wheel. If Google acquired Canonical (Ubuntu) instead, that would be very, very, very interesting.

By: The VAR Guy

The VAR Guy — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:34:03 +0000

@Phil: The VAR Guy has a few thoughts…

1. Desktops (PCs, notebooks): The VAR Guy suspects Linux’s market share is higher. Most people measure market share by examining “pre-load” sales. That’s the old Windows model. But we all know Linux winds up on a lot of systems through downloads, virtualization additions, etc. Under the new model, including downloads and virtualized systems running multiple OSes, perhaps Linux has 1.5% to 3% market share. The VAR Guy suspects Linux will have far higher market share (perhaps 5% to 20%) on NetBooks — the so-called sub-notebooks.

2. Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs): Coming soon from Intel OEMs. Linux will have double-digit market share.

3. Smart Phones: Linux has got to have double-digit market share here. Sure, iPhones and Windows Mobile sell well, but Linux is the quiet engine running in millions of smart phones.

By: phil

phil — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:29:43 +0000

Hey VAR guy, are you seeing an uptake in Linux usage? Pundant reports show around 1%, but I think its much more.

Linux is much better than a 1% OS. OK, I gave up Windows for Linux in 2000 and there is no going back.

By: Quazar

Quazar — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:34:22 +0000

Imagine a release of Google Linux! this could be a big win for Linux and open source

By: The VAR Guy

The VAR Guy — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:07:02 +0000

@Bob: Konqueror was 1.28%.
@Scott: You couldn’t let The VAR Guy and the Google Chrome team enjoy the moment?

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:53:06 +0000

Just a guess but I’m thinking Google’s crawlers for its core search business may be reporting themselves as Chrome now. That 4% may include very few real users.

By: Bob Robertson

Bob Robertson — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:40:39 +0000

I guess my Konqueror will show up under “other”.

{sniff}