Re: Linux/OSS: doomed to a lifetime under Windows' thumb

M

Moshe Goldfarb.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:44:08 -0400, DFS wrote:

> "51. Since application developers working under an open-source model are not
> looking to recoup their investment and make a profit by selling copies of
> their finished products, they are free from the imperative that compels
> proprietary developers to concentrate their efforts on Windows. In theory,
> then, open-source developers are at least as likely to develop applications
> for a non-Microsoft operating system as they are to write Windows-compatible
> applications. In fact, they may be disposed ideologically to focus their
> efforts on open-source platforms like Linux. Fortunately for Microsoft,
> however, there are only so many developers in the world willing to devote
> their talents to writing, testing, and debugging software pro bono publico.
> A small corps may be willing to concentrate its efforts on popular
> applications, such as browsers and office productivity applications, that
> are of value to most users. It is unlikely, though, that a sufficient number
> of open-source developers will commit to developing and continually updating
> the large variety of applications that an operating system would need to
> attract in order to present a significant number of users with a viable
> alternative to Windows. In practice, then, the open- source model of
> applications development may increase the base of applications that run on
> non- Microsoft PC operating systems, but it cannot dissolve the barrier that
> prevents such operating systems from challenging Windows."
>
> http://www.justice.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm#iiib


The linux model is completely flawed.

After 15+ plus years, the desktop still sits at a pathetic 0.6 percent
desptie being free.

That is pathetic and proof enough that Linux needs to figure out why people
seem to dislike it so much that they would rather pay for a Mac than use
free Linux on the hardware they already have.

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Collector of soaps from around the globe.
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bob

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:

The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back under
your bridge troll.
 
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Damian

bob wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>
> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back under
> your bridge troll.


He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the desktop,
huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.
 
R

Rick

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:

> bob wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>
>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back under
>> your bridge troll.

>
> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.


..8%:
<http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>

1.95%:
<http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>

3.7%:
<http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>

These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.

--
Rick
 
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Damian

Rick wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>
>> bob wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>
>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>> under your bridge troll.

>>
>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.

>
> .8%:
> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>
> 1.95%:
> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>
> 3.7%:
> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>
> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.


Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every linux site
in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever see 1% of the
desktop.
 
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Ben

Rick wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>
>> bob wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>
>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back under
>>> your bridge troll.

>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.

>
> .8%:
> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>
> 1.95%:
> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>
> 3.7%:
> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>
> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.
>


These statistics don't really work for me. We all know the poor
reliability of web-based statistics.

Units sold is a poor calculation, too. How many Linux users take the
computer they just bought and slap Linux on it? Or just build it from
scratch themselves.

There's no real reliable way of getting a view of the OS market, but...
I guess web statistics like that are the closest we can get to reliable.

PS: The current state of the OS market doesn't mean it will always be
that way.
 
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Hadron

"Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> writes:

> Rick wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>
>>> bob wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>>> under your bridge troll.
>>>
>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.

>>
>> .8%:
>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>
>> 1.95%:
>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>
>> 3.7%:
>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>
>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.

>
> Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every linux site
> in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever see 1% of the
> desktop.
>


I think they are broadly accurate. A higher % of Linux users are
technical and this likely to visit the w3 sites. The 0.8% roughly ties
in with an OS agnostic site like the BBC although my own estimate would
be lower from what I see out here in the wild
 
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Hadron

Ben <beno1990@gmail.com> writes:

> Rick wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>
>>> bob wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back under
>>>> your bridge troll.
>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.

>>
>> .8%:
>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>
>> 1.95%:
>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>
>> 3.7%:
>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>
>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.
>>

>
> These statistics don't really work for me. We all know the poor
> reliability of web-based statistics.


Do we? They report what is used to visit the site. I dont see how they
are poor.

>
> Units sold is a poor calculation, too. How many Linux users take the
> computer they just bought and slap Linux on it? Or just build it from
> scratch themselves.


About all of them since most of COLA keep telling us MS has a market
place monopoly.

>
> There's no real reliable way of getting a view of the OS market,
> but... I guess web statistics like that are the closest we can get to
> reliable.


Err, yes.

>
> PS: The current state of the OS market doesn't mean it will always be
> that way.


Really? Wow. You can share in the "stating the obvious" prize fund with
Thufir and Rick.

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Snit

"Hadron" <hadronquark@googlemail.com> stated in post
g60blt$gu9$1@registered.motzarella.org on 7/20/08 2:45 PM:

> "Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> writes:
>
>> Rick wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>>
>>>> bob wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>>>> under your bridge troll.
>>>>
>>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.
>>>
>>> .8%:
>>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>>
>>> 1.95%:
>>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>>
>>> 3.7%:
>>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>>
>>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.

>>
>> Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every linux site
>> in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever see 1% of the
>> desktop.
>>

>
> I think they are broadly accurate. A higher % of Linux users are
> technical and this likely to visit the w3 sites. The 0.8% roughly ties
> in with an OS agnostic site like the BBC although my own estimate would
> be lower from what I see out here in the wild


Makes sense - but at least now I have seen stats that put Linux over 1%,
even if not very dependable (for the reasons you listed).



--
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Ben

Hadron wrote:
> Ben <beno1990@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Rick wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>>
>>>> bob wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back under
>>>>> your bridge troll.
>>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.
>>> .8%:
>>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>>
>>> 1.95%:
>>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>>
>>> 3.7%:
>>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>>
>>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.
>>>

>> These statistics don't really work for me. We all know the poor
>> reliability of web-based statistics.

>
> Do we? They report what is used to visit the site. I dont see how they
> are poor.
>
>> Units sold is a poor calculation, too. How many Linux users take the
>> computer they just bought and slap Linux on it? Or just build it from
>> scratch themselves.

>
> About all of them since most of COLA keep telling us MS has a market
> place monopoly.
>
>> There's no real reliable way of getting a view of the OS market,
>> but... I guess web statistics like that are the closest we can get to
>> reliable.

>
> Err, yes.
>
>> PS: The current state of the OS market doesn't mean it will always be
>> that way.

>
> Really? Wow. You can share in the "stating the obvious" prize fund with
> Thufir and Rick.
>


The PS was aimed as a response to the thread title, by the way.
 
M

Moshe Goldfarb.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:

> bob wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>
>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back under
>> your bridge troll.

>
> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the desktop,
> huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.


Yea, practically I would say it's around 0.1 percent.
I was being generous to Linux though.

--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
 
M

Moshe Goldfarb.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:45:30 +0200, Hadron wrote:

> "Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> writes:
>
>> Rick wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>>
>>>> bob wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>>>> under your bridge troll.
>>>>
>>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.
>>>
>>> .8%:
>>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>>
>>> 1.95%:
>>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>>
>>> 3.7%:
>>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>>
>>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.

>>
>> Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every linux site
>> in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever see 1% of the
>> desktop.
>>

>
> I think they are broadly accurate. A higher % of Linux users are
> technical and this likely to visit the w3 sites. The 0.8% roughly ties
> in with an OS agnostic site like the BBC although my own estimate would
> be lower from what I see out here in the wild


Same here....

--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
 
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Rick

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:39:00 -0700, Damian wrote:

> Rick wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>
>>> bob wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>>> under your bridge troll.
>>>
>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.

>>
>> .8%:
>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>
>> 1.95%:
>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>
>> 3.7%:
>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>
>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.

>
> Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every linux
> site in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever see 1% of
> the desktop.


I see you didn't actually read the references.



--
Rick
 
R

Rick

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:20:19 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:45:30 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> "Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> writes:
>>
>>> Rick wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> bob wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>>>>> under your bridge troll.
>>>>>
>>>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.
>>>>
>>>> .8%:
>>>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>>>
>>>> 1.95%:
>>>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>>>
>>>> 3.7%:
>>>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>>>
>>>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.
>>>
>>> Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every linux
>>> site in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever see 1%
>>> of the desktop.
>>>
>>>

>> I think they are broadly accurate. A higher % of Linux users are
>> technical and this likely to visit the w3 sites. The 0.8% roughly ties
>> in with an OS agnostic site like the BBC although my own estimate would
>> be lower from what I see out here in the wild

>
> Same here....


Of course, that's why you keep repeating your .6% drivel even when given
other references.

--
Rick
 
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Snit

"Rick" <none@nomail.com> stated in post
NtKdnWpmu6Hmex7VnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@supernews.com on 7/20/08 6:29 PM:

> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:20:19 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:45:30 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>>
>>> "Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> Rick wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> bob wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>>>>>> under your bridge troll.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>>>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.
>>>>>
>>>>> .8%:
>>>>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.95%:
>>>>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>>>>
>>>>> 3.7%:
>>>>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>>>>
>>>>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.
>>>>
>>>> Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every linux
>>>> site in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever see 1%
>>>> of the desktop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I think they are broadly accurate. A higher % of Linux users are
>>> technical and this likely to visit the w3 sites. The 0.8% roughly ties
>>> in with an OS agnostic site like the BBC although my own estimate would
>>> be lower from what I see out here in the wild

>>
>> Same here....

>
> Of course, that's why you keep repeating your .6% drivel even when given
> other references.


0.8% seems more likely... though Linux is likely over represented on the
web... so maybe 0.6% or so actual usage.


--
God made me an atheist - who are you to question his authority?
 
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Ben

Snit wrote:
> "Rick" <none@nomail.com> stated in post
> NtKdnWpmu6Hmex7VnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@supernews.com on 7/20/08 6:29 PM:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:20:19 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:45:30 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Rick wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> bob wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>>>>>>> under your bridge troll.
>>>>>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>>>>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.
>>>>>> .8%:
>>>>>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1.95%:
>>>>>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3.7%:
>>>>>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.
>>>>> Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every linux
>>>>> site in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever see 1%
>>>>> of the desktop.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I think they are broadly accurate. A higher % of Linux users are
>>>> technical and this likely to visit the w3 sites. The 0.8% roughly ties
>>>> in with an OS agnostic site like the BBC although my own estimate would
>>>> be lower from what I see out here in the wild
>>> Same here....

>> Of course, that's why you keep repeating your .6% drivel even when given
>> other references.

>
> 0.8% seems more likely... though Linux is likely over represented on the
> web... so maybe 0.6% or so actual usage.
>
>


I'm not so sure, I'd like to say that Linux has grown enough in the last
couple of years to become 0.8% of total desktop OS, especially with the
release and failure of Vista, but the more realistic side of me says...
Nah... More likely to be something like 0.5-0.6%, although it's
undeniably rising.
 
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Damian

Rick wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:39:00 -0700, Damian wrote:
>
>> Rick wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>>
>>>> bob wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>>>> under your bridge troll.
>>>>
>>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of the
>>>> desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.
>>>
>>> .8%:
>>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>>
>>> 1.95%:
>>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>>
>>> 3.7%:
>>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>>
>>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.

>>
>> Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every linux
>> site in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever see 1%
>> of the desktop.

>
> I see you didn't actually read the references.


Read a different one instead... This one is full of linux references:
http://asianideas.com/maosredbook.html
 
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Snit

"Ben" <beno1990@gmail.com> stated in post g60pme$2cs$4@news.mixmin.net on
7/20/08 6:44 PM:

....
>>> Of course, that's why you keep repeating your .6% drivel even when given
>>> other references.

>>
>> 0.8% seems more likely... though Linux is likely over represented on the
>> web... so maybe 0.6% or so actual usage.
>>
>>

>
> I'm not so sure, I'd like to say that Linux has grown enough in the last
> couple of years to become 0.8% of total desktop OS, especially with the
> release and failure of Vista, but the more realistic side of me says...
> Nah... More likely to be something like 0.5-0.6%, although it's
> undeniably rising.


Either way it is quite small... and almost surely less than 1%. I think it
will, with the help of people such as Shuttleworth and distros such as
Ubuntu, grow in a significant way over the next, say, 5 years. I am not
thinking in terms of coming close to Windows or even OS X, but maybe 2-5%.


--
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Ben

Snit wrote:
> "Ben" <beno1990@gmail.com> stated in post g60pme$2cs$4@news.mixmin.net on
> 7/20/08 6:44 PM:
>
> ....
>>>> Of course, that's why you keep repeating your .6% drivel even when given
>>>> other references.
>>> 0.8% seems more likely... though Linux is likely over represented on the
>>> web... so maybe 0.6% or so actual usage.
>>>
>>>

>> I'm not so sure, I'd like to say that Linux has grown enough in the last
>> couple of years to become 0.8% of total desktop OS, especially with the
>> release and failure of Vista, but the more realistic side of me says...
>> Nah... More likely to be something like 0.5-0.6%, although it's
>> undeniably rising.

>
> Either way it is quite small... and almost surely less than 1%. I think it
> will, with the help of people such as Shuttleworth and distros such as
> Ubuntu, grow in a significant way over the next, say, 5 years. I am not
> thinking in terms of coming close to Windows or even OS X, but maybe 2-5%.
>
>


Which is pretty sad, it seems that Microsoft have destroyed the
competitiveness of the OS market irreparably.
 
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Rick

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:44:45 +0100, Ben wrote:

> Snit wrote:
>> "Rick" <none@nomail.com> stated in post
>> NtKdnWpmu6Hmex7VnZ2dnUVZ_jmdnZ2d@supernews.com on 7/20/08 6:29 PM:
>>
>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:20:19 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:45:30 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Damian" <nospam@rabid-dog.net> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Rick wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:05:53 -0700, Damian wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bob wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:50:08 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The only thing pathetically flawed, is your argument. Crawl back
>>>>>>>>> under your bridge troll.
>>>>>>>> He kinda lost the argument by saying linux had captured 0.6% of
>>>>>>>> the desktop, huh. Probably it's below 0.2% don'tcha think.
>>>>>>> .8%:
>>>>>>> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1.95%:
>>>>>>> <http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 3.7%:
>>>>>>> <http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> These are all based on web statistics as opposed to units sold.
>>>>>> Are those "Must Click On This Link Daily" links posted on every
>>>>>> linux site in the world? That's about the only way linux would ever
>>>>>> see 1% of the desktop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> I think they are broadly accurate. A higher % of Linux users are
>>>>> technical and this likely to visit the w3 sites. The 0.8% roughly
>>>>> ties in with an OS agnostic site like the BBC although my own
>>>>> estimate would be lower from what I see out here in the wild
>>>> Same here....
>>> Of course, that's why you keep repeating your .6% drivel even when
>>> given other references.

>>
>> 0.8% seems more likely... though Linux is likely over represented on
>> the web... so maybe 0.6% or so actual usage.
>>
>>
>>

> I'm not so sure, I'd like to say that Linux has grown enough in the last
> couple of years to become 0.8% of total desktop OS, especially with the
> release and failure of Vista, but the more realistic side of me says...
> Nah... More likely to be something like 0.5-0.6%, although it's
> undeniably rising.


Well, let's see. Average the stats of the three pages ...
..8, 1.95, 3.7... comes to 2.15%.


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Rick
 
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