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____/ bbgruff on Friday 04 September 2009 13:06 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> According to stats from this one source, GNU/Linux carries on gaining
>> whereas OS X remains quite stable.
>> http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
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>> Microsoft very own statistics (Ballmer's presentation, 2009) show that
>> GNU/Linux exceeds Apple in market share on the desktop. Microsoft also
>> considers GNU/Linux -- not Apple -- the #1 rival.
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> Yes, but this is another form of distortion - distorted *towards* non-MS in
> these statistics. One only needs to look at the Firefox and Chrome figures
> to see it, and where it's even more pronounced.
> In fact, it's actually statistics angled towards "what the geek is using",
> isn't it?
>
> That said, these people are very likely to be "opinion-influencing" people,
> and the upward Linux trend is very encouraging.
> The fact that it's "geeks", even more so, for verily it is writ that "The
> geeks shall inherit the Earth"!
It is also biased in favour of English-speaking countries, where GNU/Linux
adoption is a lot more scarce.
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