Clogwog wrote:
> "7" <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:nk1_i.46376$c_1.31890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> 50,000,000 Desktop GNU/Linux Users Already?Desktop OS- Vista vs. Linux
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Okay, now lets tie this all back in together. Novell claimed several
>>> | months back in a video ad that Desktop Linux users accounted for
>>> upwards
>>> | of 30,000,000 different people. That's 30 million. Recent statements
>>> | made by some Novell representatives indicate that they expect there
>>> | are upwards of 50,000,000 Desktop Linux users. Microsoft has never
>>> contested
>>> | the number of Desktop Linux users, and if anything the deal Microsoft
>>> | signed with Novell was tacit agreement that Microsoft believed those
>>> | numbers to be accurate.
>>
>> Is that more than 7% of all desktop users? If so, Linux desktop has gone
>> mainstream!
>>
>> At least 1 million new Linux desktops a month being added to the count
>> and increasing the rate all the time.
>
> BWAHAHAHAHAHAAAH!, you fucking liar!
> 0.81% in October
> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=105
> 0.81% in September
> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=104
> "Top Operating System Market Share Trend for November" >>> 0.81%
> '1 million new Linux desktops a month', 'Mainstream', my ass '7'!
> Your statistics, please?
> <snigger>
Oooo...!
Be afraid. Be very afraid!
The clogs have found an approved tool to measure Linux!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | Now, Microsoft reported back in July that 60 million copies of Vista
>>> had
>>> | been sold. Now start subtracting the crossgrades to Xp that are not
>>> | counted as sales, and the 3-1 to ratio of Xp to Vista sales. Now, I'm
>>> | not confident in my mathematics, but right now the best I can come up
>>> | with is a realistic install base of around 40 million.
>>> |
>>> | Yes. Desktop Linux Marketshare... is larger than Vista.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://zerias.blogspot.com/2007/11/desktop-os-vista-vs-linux.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Related:
>>>
>>> How many Linux desktop users are there?
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | So it is that Cherry asks that, "If desktop Linux market data is
>>> | important to you or your company, please become involved in the statix
>>> | project and in the deployment of this tool on every distro. I realize
>>> | that market data can be a double-edged sword, so distro vendors should
>>> | get those issues on the table early."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5155657721.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Hard to track Linux stats
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | "The characteristic of open source software is that it is freely
>>> | available on the network. People are encouraged to download it, use it
>>> | as many times as they want, modify it to fit their needs, of course,
>>> | depending upon the open source license."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=22305
>>>
>>>
>>> Smolt profiles distro hardware use
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | For instance, according to the publicly available stats, 78% of
>>> | respondents were running Pentium IIIs or equivalents, and 20% x86_64.
>>> | The dominant language used was US English at 67%, with Japanese a
>>> | distant second at 6.1%. 34% were running systems with less than half a
>>> | gigabyte of RAM, 37% were using half to a gigabyte, and 24% over two
>>> | gigabytes.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.linux.com/feature/118322
>>>
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | "Linux is the default operating [system] on desktops and servers at
>>> | major animation and visual effects studios, with maybe 98 percent [or
>>> | more] penetration," CinePaint Project Manager Robin Rowe told
>>> | LinuxInsider.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/57300.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Measuring Linux and Open Source
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | How do you measure success?
>>> |
>>> | This question is often asked in the Linux business and development
>>> | communities, with various answers given: "the number of servers in
>>> | the enterprise," "the number of desktop deployments," "or the number
>>> | of new bugs found in Vista today."
>>> |
>>> | Measuring success is a matter of definition, and therefore it can be
>>> | a hard thing to pin down. And, it seems, the challenges of measurement
>>> | go a lot deeper than something as subjective as "success."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6397/1/
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