Nick_Jinn
July 24th, 2010, 03:35 PM
I dont really agree with the opinions of poor performance with Linux.....System 76 sends out great working systems. Most shops just dont know how to isntall it properly maybe. Anyway, it talks about the problems with tracking linux, the possible overestimation of Windows due to products shipping with it (So its a point for windows even if its a point for linux), and how linux is way more popular in the east and Cuba where the government actively promotes linux in the public sector and where its cheaper to get a linux netbook than a windows one.
10% sounds high to me, but I would believe 6%.
Lies, Damn Lies and Linux Market Share Statistics
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Linux market share ... how does one even attempt to measure such a figure? Commercial software can be tabulated by units sold, but when so many copies of Linux operating systems are tossed around the Net for free, who's counting? A few outfits tried recently, and the results caused quite the commotion.
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Market share, market share, what's Linux's true market share? That, in essence, has been the question du jour on the Linux blogs in recent days.
It all started when NetApplications' Hitslink.com released some statistics (http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8) for April indicating that Linux just passed 1 percent for the first time.
Around the same time, however, W3Counter published figures (http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php) for the same month indicating that it had just passed 2 percent.
Many FOSS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS) aficionados, meanwhile, argue that it could be 6 percent or higher.
The result? You guesstimated it: nothing short of chaos and confusion.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/67031.html?wlc=1279981074
10% sounds high to me, but I would believe 6%.
Lies, Damn Lies and Linux Market Share Statistics
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/images/rw180367/linux.jpg By Katherine Noyes
LinuxInsider
05/11/09 4:00 AM PT
Linux market share ... how does one even attempt to measure such a figure? Commercial software can be tabulated by units sold, but when so many copies of Linux operating systems are tossed around the Net for free, who's counting? A few outfits tried recently, and the results caused quite the commotion.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/images/2008/atab.gif
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Market share, market share, what's Linux's true market share? That, in essence, has been the question du jour on the Linux blogs in recent days.
It all started when NetApplications' Hitslink.com released some statistics (http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8) for April indicating that Linux just passed 1 percent for the first time.
Around the same time, however, W3Counter published figures (http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php) for the same month indicating that it had just passed 2 percent.
Many FOSS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSS) aficionados, meanwhile, argue that it could be 6 percent or higher.
The result? You guesstimated it: nothing short of chaos and confusion.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/67031.html?wlc=1279981074