In article <pan.2007.12.29.20.05.01.274281@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
They projected selling 200k by the end of the year, which had 2.5 months
left in it when they went on sale. They actually sold about 350k, in
just over 2 months, which would be 175k a month, so your number looks
like the right one.
However, that will include a boost from launch month, and a boost from
Christmas sales, so they probably won't sustain that rate.
If 7 is right, new Linux desktops are springing up about as fast as PS3s
are selling. So, we can test this by surveying people. If he is right,
we should find we encounter about as many recent Linux desktop users as
we encounter recent PS3 buyers (although it might be necessary to wait a
couple months, to get out of the Christmas effect, since I'd expect that
to have boosted PS3 sales more than it would boost Linux desktop
installs).
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--Tim Smith
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