Worldwide Operating System Environments Market Shares, 2023: The Market Declines for the Year But Plenty of Promise Ahead

This IDC study provides worldwide operating system environments market share data for calendar year 2023."Despite posting an annual decline in commercial revenue, the operating system environments market remained quite vibrant given other technology developments around AI and cloud," said Greg Macatee, research manager, infrastructure software platforms at IDC. "Changes in vendor operating system product offerings and other ecosystem dynamics also played a large role during the year."

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Market Context

• Significant Market Developments

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Market Definition

• Operating System Environments
• Core (Server) Operating Systems
• Client (User) Operating Systems
• Embedded (Industrial) Operating Systems

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