The bar graph clearly shows Microsoft's domination over the operating systems industry, over all, Microsoft controls 81.70% of the OS market. Their closest competitor, Apple, Inc. (with the Mac OS X) only has a 7.12% market share. It has been noted however that Apple's business strategy often relies on being at the higher end of the industry, relying on their status as a upper line product, ie, being expensive, to make a profit. (Cj http://cjacob.com/2011/02/microsoft-mobile-to-surpass-apple-in-2015/)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems
Another two sources show a differing graph, which claims to be from March 2011 as well, but excludes Windows 7 from mention.
http://gamespics.com/computers/1038-operating-system-3.html
http://www.macblogz.com/2008/09/04/new-york-times-microsoft-windows-monopoly-is-slowly-eroding/
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