TurboLinux outsells MacOS in Japanese Retail

Pacific HiTech report a recent independent OS survey by as saying they were number two in retail sales of operating system software capturing 7.35% of the unit sales, behind market leader Microsoft with 69.99% and edging out Apple with 6.12%. Pacific HiTech also do TurboLinux in English. Marketshare like this is presumably why they were named as one of the four participating distributions in the Oracle announcement, something which caused quite a few queries on /. Update PHT sent in more details on the survey.

I assume this would be for Japanese-language sales only. Like so many of these surveys the original is only available from the data agency (Computer News) on a private basis and only if you pay, however PHT say that if you send mail to [e-mail] they can hand out the details for getting your own copy. The full report was: According to a recent market survey, Pacific HiTech, maker of TurboLinux, was number two in Japan in retail sales of operating system software. Pacific HiTech captured 7.35% of the unit sales, behind market leader Microsoft with 69.99%, and ahead of Apple with 6.12%. The data was compiled by Computer News, a leading data collection firm, using weekly sales figures from over 200 leading software stores of six large retailers through mid-October 1998. This data does not include sales figures from Unix specialty stores, bookstore sales (where Pacific HiTech is strong), or web sales. It is thus likely that total TurboLinux marketshare is significantly higher than what was reported -- probably between 10% and 20% of the marketshare in Japan for OS retail unit sales.