gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Peter Gordon wrote: > >> On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 11:33 +0500, gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> Microsoft has 90% of market share, Linux only 1% and people at Microsoft >>> certainly are very glad. So, why should we be sad? Wouldn't this be >>> giving Microsoft an edge in gladness? >> First of all, Linux market share is a very difficult number to predict, >> but is fairly significant and nearly always underestimated. > > The only way to estimate the marketshare of Linux is reading the headers > of people who connect to servers. That's what hitslink does... or claims > to do, since I never could find out which servers are surveyed. But, to > me, living in Canada, 1% seems more than what I see around. > Even that is not a sure measure. How many people are using user agent switchers to fool sites about what browser they are using? > At LinuxCounter, Canada ranks 42nd, in the user/population list(1), but I > believe that Antartica ranking first makes much more sense. I know some > people in Canada who installed Linux, ran to LinuxCounter, never used it > and have boasted being part of the happy few ever since :) This list means > absolutely nothing. > > (1) http://counter.li.org/reports/arearank.php > > Is Wikipedia biaised too? > It depends on who does the editing. On some topics, it is extremely biased. On others there is almost no bias. > "Estimates for the desktop market share of Linux range from less than one > percent to almost two percent. In comparison, Microsoft operating systems > hold more than 90%." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux > > So, let's say that, at he very best. it's a 45:1 ratio which, after 18 > years, can't be evaluated otherwise than as a real problem. > Why? Linux has targeted the server market. It has not been in the desktop market that long. All things considered, I am surprised that it is doing as well as it is in the desktop market. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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