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"Windows 8 gained significant marketshare in December 2012. The Microsoft platform overtook Linux as the world&amp;#039;s seventh most popular operating system with a 1.72% share of the market, data from Net Applications suggests.  Windows 7 also saw an increase in the final month of the year, climbing from 44.71% to 45.11% - a rise that has been attributed to PC sales during the festive period. Microsoft&amp;#039;s operating systems appeared to make gains at the expense of Apple&amp;#039;s OS X, which dropped from 7.3% to 7.07%. Windows RT, the latest tablet-based version of Windows, currently holds a 0.01% marketshare. Microsoft&amp;#039;s Surface tablet is believed to be the most popular device running this version. Despite its recent increase, Windows 8 still lies behind Mac OS X 10.8, OS X 10.7, and OS X 10.6, Windows 7, Windows XP, and even Windows Vista in terms of usage figures. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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