Geico Caveman wrote:
> You cannot trust market share measurements/estimates for Linux.
>
> All you can count is the number of licenses deployed with something
> like the Indian government, and then that might give you a rock
> bottom estimate. Nothing even close to the actual presence.
Yes, it's greatly overestimated, since history has shown users immediately
switch their Linux boxes to Windows if given the choice. So those Indian
govt systems are soon wiped of all crapware and restored to full
functionality with Windows.
"I love to tell the story about a speech I gave in Kuala Lumpur. I asked a
large audience of techies, "How many of you use Linux?" Something like two
out of 500 of them raised their hands. This is abnormally low anywhere in
the world.
It turned out that you could buy any Microsoft product or any of its
operating systems openly in retail storefronts for a $1 a disc. "Why should
we use Linux when Windows is free?" I was told."
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