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Re: Software Popularity Stats, 6th October 2009

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____/ Homer on Tuesday 06 Oct 2009 01:03 : \____

> Software Popularity Stats, 6th October 2009.
> 
> Top 10 Windows Downloads (download.com).
>   --------------------------------------------------------------------
> | No | Downloads | Name                               | Type         |
> |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
> |  1 | 1,439,289 | AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition        | Anti-Malware |
> |  2 |   961,282 | Avira AntiVir Personal             | Anti-Malware |
> |  3 |   635,270 | Avast Home Edition                 | Anti-Malware |
> |  4 |   564,455 | Malwarebytes Anti-Malware          | Anti-Malware |
> |  5 |   483,105 | LimeWire                           | Piracy       |
> |  6 |   412,024 | YouTube Downloader                 | Piracy       |
> |  7 |   367,946 | WinRAR (32-bit)                    | Piracy *     |
> |  8 |   317,798 | Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition       | Anti-Malware |
> |  9 |   255,168 | Advanced SystemCare Free           | B0rk Fixer   |
> | 10 |   247,698 | IObit Security 360                 | Anti-Malware |
>   --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> [*] Although actually an archiver, rather than a piracy tool, WinRAR is
> used almost exclusively to (un)archive pirate software distributed
> (mainly) on binary Usenet groups, and as such is classified here under
> the heading of "Piracy".
> 
> 
> Top 10 Linux Projects by Popularity (freshmeat.net)
> (based on number of subscriptions, URL hits and record hits)
>   -----------------------------------------------
> | No | Score | Name            | Type           |
> |-----------------------------------------------|
> |  1 | 100   | gcc             | Dev            |
> |  2 | 99.31 | Apache          | Web            |
> |  3 | 89.67 | cdrtools        | Utility        |
> |  4 | 80.54 | Linux (kernel)  | OS             |
> |  5 | 59.89 | PostgreSQL      | Database       |
> |  6 | 51.34 | VLC             | Multimedia     |
> |  7 | 42.16 | ClamAV          | Anti-Malware * |
> |  8 | 41.91 | MPlayer         | Multimedia     |
> |  9 | 36.88 | MySQL           | Database       |
> | 10 | 36.40 | PHP             | Dev            |
>   -----------------------------------------------
> 
> [*] This anti-malware tool runs under GNU/Linux, but is only needed to
> scan for malware on Windows systems, or malware transmitted by Windows
> systems (e.g. botnets) through GNU/Linux mail servers.
> 
> 
> Percentile Distribution by application type.
>   ---------------------------------
> | OS           | Windows | Linux  |
> |---------------------------------|
> | Type         |    %    |   %    |
> |---------------------------------|
> | Anti-Malware |  73.29  |  6.61  |
> | Piracy       |  22.22  |     0  |
> | Other        |   4.49  | 93.39  |
>   ---------------------------------
> 
> Final score: Linux 93.39, Windows 4.49.
> (Legitimate and productive use).

It's time for MAFIAA and congress to criminalise that "pirateOS" called Windows. It's
obviously as bad as TPB.

Another interesting comparison would measure % of botnets.

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