"First, I doubt there is much difference in the current user base of the Mac and Linux. I base this statement on the Google search engine's Zeitgeist figures, which shows the Mac with a 3% share, Linux with a 1% share."

You must be kidding. Googles Zeitgeist only sees machines that people surf with, which means their desktops. Zeitgeist doesn't show servers nor does it show machines that falsely claim to be another browser on another OS.

Linux has a large base in server installations which you'll never see on Google's Zeitgeist because noone googles with them.

MacOS is not widely used on servers. In totals, Linux installations exceed MacOS installations. And thats what counts.


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