Why is that? As I said I would like to see a few more representative numbers. (I remember in seeing in 2008 a statistic, that the then nascent iPhone overtook Linux desktops in internet traffic. That was an astonishing eye opener.)
It lists the reasons or barriers for using Linux. When you compare these for different systems, you'll note that -- on the one hand-- the reasons to adopt Linux have become less convincing. For instance, stablility is not that relevant, anymore, since competitors are often sufficiently stable, too.
On the other hand, there was nearly no change concerning the barriers for adoption: Android made a dent in the 'pre-installed' barrier, but that was it, basically. On netbooks, Linux had a lead initially but lost it to Windows.
While the article states that Linux is on par concerning application and peripheral support, I have my doubts. It has no third-party ecosystem that is able to compete with its competitors, which is probably due to the lack of a viable business model for desktop applications, lack of a decentral installer, higher fragmentation, in general, and consequently less public support.
I played with the new google correlate tool today and every search metric for Linux stuff is merely "meh".
Linux is constantly falling:
http://correlate.googlelabs.com/search?e=linux&t=weekly
Gnome and KDE are also getting not more popular, but _less_ (at least in Google trends).
Ubuntu peaked in 2007 and is sliding sidewards:
http://correlate.googlelabs.com/search?e=ubuntu&t=weekly
Why is that? As I said I would like to see a few more representative numbers. (I remember in seeing in 2008 a statistic, that the then nascent iPhone overtook Linux desktops in internet traffic. That was an astonishing eye opener.)