Free should be a given sales pitch for Linux, but still has a minimal operating system market share, around two percent of desktop computers. One explanation is piracy, according to a report by the Norwegian researcher Arne Rogde Gram City.
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In a study at the University of Oslo, he has investigated the relationship between the prevalence of piracy in a country, and how many people use Linux. The conclusion is that Linux is used less – and Windows is more common – in countries where piracy is more widespread.
- I see an increase in the piracy rate by one percent of a country, is expected to provide a reduction in the share of Linux with around half a percent, says Arne Rogde Gram City to TorrentFreak.
In the report, he puts forward three possible reasons, which is perhaps the most obvious is that it does not matter that Linux is free as a pirated version of Windows that is readily available and work well. The other is that the pirates bring pressure on prices and that an operating system is becoming more attractive as more people use it.
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- When it comes to operating system software piracy contributed to Windows dominance, which in turn has undermined competition from open source alternatives like Linux, says Arne Rogde Gram City.
Arne Rogde Gramstad downloaded information about software piracy levels in 104 countries from a BSA report from 2012 and has reconciled the figures with the market share of Linux in the countries compared to Mac OS X and Windows according to research firm Net Applications.
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