In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rex Ballard
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wrote
on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:36:25 -0700 (PDT)
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> On Aug 6, 8:00 am, "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> > There are fewer article about Vista these days. Nobody cares about it.
>>
>> Vista: 17% (1 in 6 users) market share after 18 months of availability
>> Linux: 1% (1 in 100 users) market share after 17 years of availability
>
> In http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
> I get
> Vista 11.5% 1 in 10 users after 18 months (XP had 33% after 18
> months).
> Linux+Other is about 9%
> Mac is 4.8%
All of these figures are extremely suspect -- although I
can't say how to make them better. The problem is that
www.w3schools.com is a self-selected sample, and as any
serious pollster can tell you, one can draw no conclusions
from such regarding the superset of that sample.
For all we know bots are hitting w3schools.
The same problem presumably plagues hitslink.
>
>> Linux is an enormous failure as a consumer product, and would have been
>> killed off years ago if a return on investment was required.
>
> Linux on the DESKTOP has faced the full force of Microsoft's $40
> billion in leveragaged advertizing revenue,
> $40 billion in OEM and Corporate revenue which fund a $4 billion/year
> legal and settlements fund.
True, and it's still doing remarkably well, regardless.
I also suspect that many Windows-side desktops are in
fact dual-boots (certainly three of mine are, although
I do not boot into Windows that often).
>
> Meanwhile, Linux APPLIANCES number in the Billions. There are now
> almost 2 Linux devices for every Windows desktop on the planet.
> Routers, TiVo, HDTV, WiFi hubs, and so on. Linux/Unix also provides
> cable DVRs, as well as PayPerView servers. Nearly EVERY Windows
> desktop user couldn't function if they didn't have access to Linux
> servers such as Google, Amazon, E-trade, and numerous other Linux
> based servers. Even Microsoft's web sites depend on Linux for load
> buffering and load balancing.
>
> Of course, one of the big spin-offs of Linux was the widespread
> acceptance of Open Source Software.
>
> According to http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
> FireFox has 42.6% of the market, which could be as many as 800 million
> PCs (since many FF users also use IE and both would be counted in this
> survey).
Same problem. Still, Firefox does seem to have carved out a
hefty niche; it might even best IE8. Microsoft might have
a slight problem here....
>
> There are at least 1/2 billion Open Office deployments in the field
> today worldwide.
>
> And in less than 6 months, ASUS sold 18 million Linux powered EEE PCs.
>
> Wouldn't it be funny if ASUS with it's EEE PCs suddenly bumped it's
> way into the top 10 or even the top 5?
>
> Notice that when users were given the choice between Linux and
> Windows, Linux EEEs outsold Windows EEEs 6 to 4.
>
> There are even indicators that, thanks to desktop virtualization,
> there are almost 6 Linux/Unix desktop deployments for every 4 Windows
> Vista copies actually deployed to end-users.
>
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