In article <m1hcuan666.fsf@xxxxxxxxx>,
Mike Cox <mikecoxlinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jan 28, 1:30 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > __/ [ Mike Cox ] on Sunday 28 January 2007 20:48 \__
> >
> > > Last year the desktop linux market share was at 2%. Two years ago
> > > it
> > > was at 1%. If linux increases it's market share by one
> > > point per year, we should expect Linux to be the dominant desktop
> > > OS
> > > in about 100 years assuming the current growth rate. Linus
> > > Torvalds
> > > will be 138 years old when that
> > > happens.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_growth
> >
> > "In mathematics, eXPonential growth (or geometric growth) occurs
> > when the
> > growth rate of a function is always proportional to the function's
> > current
> > size."
> >
> > *plonk*
>
> Wishfull thinking, or do you really think a market share increase
> that is only 1 point greater than the year before follows an
> exponential growth rate? Maybe our friends at sci.math can help you
> with your mathematics..
If one looks at it has having doubled its market share in only one year,
the implication is quite different!
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