The distant second- and third-place vendors were IBM and HP, with 7.5 percent and 3.7 percent share, respectively.
#Gartner os market share software#
Microsoft held the largest market share of the worldwide OS software segment, with 78.6 percent share in 2010 (see Table 1). "The EOL threat for Unix OSs such as Tru64 and NetWare pushed the 'other proprietary Unix' sub segment down 39.6 percent in 2010 as some vendors retired their proprietary Unix and moved users to more open systems." Within the Unix OS market, IBM AIX had high single-digit growth, but Unix generally experienced modest or negative growth," said Alan Dayley, managing vice president at Gartner. "In the server OS market, Linux (server) was the fastest-growing sub segment in 2010 as end users adopted more open-standard systems. Windows client was still the largest client OS segment, with high-single-digit growth, particularly driven by adoption of Windows 7 and the imminent end of life (EOL) of Windows XP.
#Gartner os market share mac os#
"The long-pending demand for PC refreshment was unleashed as the economy stepped out from the economic turndown, which drove growth of client OSs."Īmong client OSs, Mac OS was the fastest-growing sub segment in 2010 as the unit shipments of Mac desktop/laptop devices saw strong sales, although from a much-smaller basis. "Generally, client OSs outperformed server OSs and grew 9.3 percent in 2010, while the server OS segment grew 5.7 percent," said Matthew Cheung, principal research analyst at Gartner. Linux (server) and Mac OS were the fastest-growing sub segments in the server and client OS segments, respectively, while Microsoft maintained its leading position in the overall OS market, with 78.6 percent market share. Recovery of the Global Economy Substantially Contributed to Market GrowthĪs the global economy recovered, worldwide operating system (OS) revenue totaled $30.4 billion in 2010, a 7.8 percent increase from 2009, according to Gartner, Inc.
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