I don't believe that Linux has been ported over to cellphones or tablets yet. But if it has, chances are that the amount is miniscule.
Microsoft should and does consider Linux a threat in the enterprise desktop and server market. They are also in danger of losing market share in netbooks and ultralight laptops.
This is difficult to determine. Judging solely from server hardware sales, Linux has only about 30% of the market. However, most high level sites run Linux, and it seems likely that Linux has a much higher market share than is indicated. More importantly, since the majority of Linux distributions are available freely, a large portion of Linux servers are not accounted for in many market share statistics because these stastics are approximated based on license sales. Therefore the very large number of Linux servers that are running on freely distributed licenses are not included in these calculations.
Heavens no! Microsoft is actually a pretty vocal opponent to Linux adoption, as it seriously threatens their market share. The Linux trademark is own by its creator, Linus Torvalds, and the Linux kernel itself is under dozens, if not hundreds, of copyrights to hundreds of holders.
The top three operating systems in terms of market share are Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
That's not really possible to predict based on current data. While Linux usage is increasing, it is not at a rate that directly affects Windows' market share.
Outside of the desktop market, Linux is actually making a killing and is in most cases even more widely deployed than Windows. On the desktop, however, Microsoft has taken a real stranglehold on the PC market dating back to the 80s that no one has been able to break. However, both Linux and Mac OS X have been eroding Windows' market share, very slowly. Today they're still facing the stanglehold. Microsoft enjoys a position of essentially dictating to desktop OEMs what they can and cannot do, and often when OEMs try to create Linux desktop computers, Microsoft jacks up the price of their operating system. This alone is enough of a barrier for OEM Linux installations.
Linux and Unix do have their share of malware, though there are fewer of them.
market share? for what? he hasn't done anything yet to prove he deserves market share
If you want to share files with other linux computer use NFS. If you want to share files with windows computer use SAMBA.
Because Linux was modeled after Unix, and designed to be a suitable free replacement. Windows is targeted at a slightly different market, and was primarily designed to be operated using a GUI, not the command line.
Because Linux was modeled after Unix, and designed to be a suitable free replacement. Windows is targeted at a slightly different market, and was primarily designed to be operated using a GUI, not the command line.
Because Linux was modeled after Unix, and designed to be a suitable free replacement. Windows is targeted at a slightly different market, and was primarily designed to be operated using a GUI, not the command line.