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Linux desktop market share < 0,25 %


	WebSideStory, Inc: SAN DIEGO, CA -- December 18, 2001 - WebSideStory, Inc. ( www.websidestory.com), the world’s leading provider of outsourced e-business intelligence services, today reported that despite much hype and expectation in recent years, Linux has failed to gain market share from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) operating systems. As of December 17, 2001, Linux held a global usage share of only 0.24 percent, according to WebSideStory’s StatMarket ( www.statmarket.com), a Web development optimization service and the leading source for data on global Internet user trends. This compares with Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s Macintosh operating systems, which hold a combined global usage share of more than 98 percent. For almost three years, Linux usage share has fluctuated between .2 and .3 percent, with no substantial growth. Usage share is the percentage of Internet surfers that are using a particular operating system. Unlike Windows and Macintosh systems, Linux is not owned or operated by a particular company, but is supported by corporations and individual programmers. Linux generated a lot of excitement in the late 1990s when it became seen as an increasingly viable, free alternative to paid operating systems from market leaders Microsoft and Apple. Despite its continued low usage rate among Web users, however, Linux has large corporate distribution channels. “Linux has made inroads as a server operating system, but not on desktops,” said Geoff Johnston, vice president product marketing for StatMarket. “Its adoption rate among Web users remains miniscule, even in three years’ time.”