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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Oh Linux, how shall I count thy installs?
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>> | So the question here is. If marketing and
>> | research companies want accurate statistics
>> | (assuming they do) then how can they count
>> | the real number of Linux installations? Quite
>> | simply they can't. This means that 93.4% of
>> | the statistics recorded only show less than
>> | 9.8% of the true number of Linux
>> | installations (where did those numbers come
>> | from I wonder :).
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>> http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/oh-linux-how-shall-i-count-thy-
> installs-37290
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> And true to form, none of the figures
> show that Linux had captured some 100% of the distributed Desktop OS market
> while other corporations like Micoshaft have fled the same market unable to
> penetrate unlike Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva and numerous other distro makers
> that have piled on top of piles in terms of percentage market share since
> Linux Desktops and distributed OS desktops have taken off.
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> http://www.livedistro.com
> http://www.distrowatch.com
Microsoft and its bribed analysts claimed around 3% for GNU/Linux 5 years ago. The platform
has grown since.
By the way, Net Applications is paid by Microsoft and if you look at who runs it,
there are Microsoft roots.
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