-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
____/ 7 on Sunday 05 October 2008 21:38 : \____
> Micoshaft asstroturfing fraudster pounding the sock Moshe Goldfarb
> wrote on behalf of Half Wits from Micoshaft Department of Marketing:
>
>
>> On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:52:33 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Brit Business Users Not Warm on Vista
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| More than half (58 per cent) of businesses using Microsoft technology
>>>| are "exploiting" Windows XP compared to just four per cent for Vista,
>>>| according to the 'reality checkers' research by the Corporate IT Forum
>>>| (Tif), seen exclusively by silicon.com.
>>
>> Linux is less than 1 percent after 15 years of being free.....
>
>
> You merely have to prove that with any approved statistic.
Desktop (from the horse's proxy mouth):
Netbooks A Linux Stronghold?
,----[ Quote ]
| For years, backers of open-source software have hoped to push Microsoft out
| of its dominant position in desktops and laptops. Windows-powered personal
| computers account for more than 90% of unit sales,. Linux 4%, Gartner says.
`---- ^^^^^^^^
http://ca.biz.yahoo.com/ibd/080807/tech.html?.v=1
Server (from the horse's mouth):
Ballmer Still Searching for an Answer to Google
,----[ Quote ]
| "Forty percent of servers run Windows, 60 percent run Linux," he said. "How
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| are we doing? Forty is less than 60, so I don't like it. ... We have some
| work to do."
`----
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151568/ballmer_still_searching_for_an_answer_to_google.html
HPC (exhaustive analysis by Top500):
Linux still super in Top500
,----[ Quote ]
| In the June 2008 Top500 list, Linux still lives large with a role in 92% of
| systems (It is the only OS for 85.4%, but when considering all distributions
| (SUSE, Red Hat, CentOS, and general ‘Linux,’ as well as mixed uses that
| include Linux, I figure the share is more like the 92%).
| ^^^
`----
http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/06/26/linux-still-super-in-top500/
> Since we know you can't you may as well accept Linux has
> higher market share than you claim.
>
>
> Micoshaft makes use of unapproved false statistics
> in its SEC filings. I'm surprised no investor has sued.
> Even PISTA sales are not genuine. They are copies shipped
> to vendors gathering dust in warehouses; not actual copies sold by vendors.
>
> Linux now sells 3 million+ embedded Linux gadgets PER DAY.
> Some 270 billion dollars in annual figures.
Embedded:
Embedded Linux research report ships
,----[ Quote ]
| EDC noted that some 40 percent of the survey's 500 respondents were targeting
| ^^^^^^^^^^
| embedded Linux.
|
| [...]
|
| Also in the earlier reports, Andrews observed that the need for RTOS source
| code was "one of the reasons that proprietary RTOSes created in-house for a
| specific system have long been popular, and now it's a primary motivating
| factor in the adoption of Embedded Linux."
|
| The now completed survey results are said to include "expert analysis" from
| Ann Thryft, a 20-year industry veteran. The report includes chapters on
| platforms, processors, tools, languages, security, target devices, mobile
| development, and of course, Linux.
`----
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7613839836.html
> If it weren't for Linux, the electronics high street market
> would not exist today.
> Everything from flat TVs, DVD players, routers, satnavs, to MP3 players and
> set top boxes contains Linux.
> More reasons for product line managers to specify Linux
> in all their products and create new products with Linux to get more
> benefits out of Linux.
>
> And Desktop Linux expanding at the rate of at least 1 million new installs
> per week.
'Desktops' are a fractions of the computing devices out there.
,----[ Quote ]
| Around 98% of the world's CPUs manufactured are used in embedded systems.
`----
http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/132
Also to consider:
Four billion embedded systems shipped in '06
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3686249103.html
Why Ubuntu on ARM Could be a Rich Seam
,----[ Quote ]
| ARM today announced that the total number of processors shipped by its
| Partners has exceeded ten billion.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
| [...]
|
| A Nokia-sponsored project is porting Ubuntu Linux to the ARM architecture.
`----
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-ubuntu-on-arm-could-be-rich-seam.html
- --
~~ Best of wishes
This sedentary lifestyle on the Net leads to fatigue. And then you wake up.
http://Schestowitz.com | RHAT GNU/Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
00:00:01 up 18 days, 7:39, 2 users, load average: 11.06, 11.90, 12.17
http://iuron.com - help build a non-profit search engine
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAkjpVmIACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7T9gCglqpXmMBKhPsK0cOdq1NL3hmp
wjQAn28x5n82604jQyqXooYFnJTm85GT
=gwmv
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
