____/ Sinister Midget on Sunday 30 December 2007 01:53 : \____
> On 2007-12-29, Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:44:21 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> ____/ Kier on Saturday 29 December 2007 17:40 : \____
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:28:55 +0000, 7 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Linux is show shipping 1 million new desktops per month and selling
>>>>
>>>> YOu still haven't shown any proof of this.
>>>
>>> It's a very reasonable estimate. Eee PCs alone sold about 200,000 per
>>> month.
>>
>> I heard 175,000. Whichever it is, it's pretty good news, I agree. But 7
>> has been saying this for ages without any evidence. When anyone asks, he
>> just spews more babytalk.
>>
>>> That's a number of /new/ Linux PCs you can't just sneeze at.
>>
>> But where have the rest come from? A million a month is a very large
>> figure, after all, and it's best to be as accurate as possible, that way
>> we can't be criticised for making things up.
>
> How many has gPC been selling? How many Ubuntu machines are being sold
> by Dell? How many OLPCs are shipping? How many are individual locaal
> shops, and vendors like MadTux, shipping?
It's Windows PCs that become dual-boot machines or Linux-only which makes up
the majority of the transitions. That cannot be counted.
> Granted, the number might not approach a million a month it total. Or
> it might surpass it. But there's no proof either way unless all of the
> commercial interests are doing it.
LinuxDesktop.com and the Linux Foundation ran surveys that involved desktop
Linux (never mind mobile devices, supercomputers, etc.). The participation
more than doubled compared to the previous year.
> Not that I'm trying to support 7's idiocy, even if he does manage to
> almost be as right as a stopped clock. It's just there are a lot being
> shipped and/or sold outright.
It's just the way '7' says it that has him criticised. His figures makes
perfect sense and they are likely be a lower bound.
Microsoft has been repeatedly criticised for its hypnosis skills. It is able to
do gymnastics with people's perception of the company's wealth. It also feeds
IDC and Gartner some bogus figures that do not tell the true story about Linux
adoption in server. These figures are then spread to spread disinformation
further.
Case of point (posted earlier today):
"You can stand on your head. I cannot accept your word anymore. You have lost
your credibility."
--Judge Sporkin to Microsoft lawyer Richard Urowsky
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