On Aug 30, 5:23 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Playing the numbers game: how many Linux installations and users are out there?
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> | But smolt is only an opt-in tool and is not offered during text installations
> | (Servers, etc.) at all. According to Fedora's statistics page the estimated
> | ratio between smolt data and reality is 1 to 10. This would result in 1.25
> | million Fedora users - and therefore in 25 million Linux users.
> |
> | Looks nice, especially considering the fact that Apple's userbase was around
> | 22 million half a year ago.
> | Ubuntu
> |
> | There is another possible approach to these numbers: Ubuntu's Mark
> | Shuttleworth estimated 8 million Ubuntu users in an interview in late
> | December 2006. And both the Linux Desktop Survey and the web server logs from
> | Distro Watch gave Ubuntu roughly 30 % of the cake. This makes more than 26.6
> | million Linux users 8 month ago.
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>
> http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/playing-the-numbers-game-how...
>
> Many Linux PCs are not connected (or appliance-ed), so it's probably much
> higher than this.
So, Mark Shuttleworth makes an estimate off the top of his head with
no stats to back it up, and now that's the basis for counting Linux
users? He could have easily estimated 1 million, or 10 million. He
just guessed! Fedora's ratio is the exactly the same: a guess. All
statistical samples show that the usage is not that high yet, which is
exactly how an estimate is supposed to be made. You can't make
statistical observations off of blind guesses.
> Wii overtakes Xbox 360, becomes No.1
>
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> | When it comes to Sony's share of the market, it is obvious that the company
> | is in a dire need for Gran Turismo 5, which looks absolutely brilliant and we
> | can now predict that an additional 2-3 million consoles should be sold when
> | that title comes out. But for now, Sony has the lead in combined PS2/3 market
> | share, but in prostituted "next-gen" term area, PS3 can only hold the candle
> | for Wii and Xbox 360.
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>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41988
>
"PS3 can only hold the candle for Wii and Xbox 360." According to Mark
Kent, PS3 was dominating and the Xbox360 was going under! Wii is in
the lead now, and it is an awesome console, but wait until Halo 3
comes out...
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