Hooraa......we are twice what we were.
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| nikkels Jul 24, 2012 1:26 AM EDT |
"" the Linux desktop comprise 2% of all the computers out there in the world "" From 1 to 2 in only a month. No reply expected. Thanks :-) |
| tracyanne Jul 24, 2012 3:13 AM EDT |
At this rate Linux will own computing in 6 months |
| caitlyn Jul 24, 2012 7:04 AM EDT |
The 1% and 2% numbers are a joke. The fact that they keep being repeated is truly sad. |
| JaseP Jul 24, 2012 8:51 AM EDT |
@Caityn: Totally agreed. Steve Ballmer put Linux adoption at slightly more than that of Apple in 2009, which would be about 6-7%... And those were THEIR figures and research, internal. I am willing to concede about 1% for overlap (dual booting, etc.), and call it 6%,... and for Apple call it 8%, due to recent growth as a fallout of iPad adoption (and similar overlap dropping down from a reported 10%),... That means WinX adoption is 86% of the desktop market. But figures of 90%+ are fanciful and the product of calling every computer SOLD with Windows as a Windows user. I have thirteen x86 compatible machines in my home, only one runs Windows (ironically it was ine that came with Linux, a Pepperpad 3). One laptop also boots a Windows virtual machine image. I use a Windows workstation at work. Nine or ten of the machines came running Windows,... Yet, MS would count each and every one of those 9-10 machines as an MS user, as well as the one machine now running Windows and the virtual machines as Windows users,... meaning, according to (how I interpret) them, my household would be 12::2 in favor of Windows in adoption... Nevermind that I've downloaded about 55 distros over the last 10-12 years (probably not counting Android or Chromium OS versions). Figures don't lie,... but liars figure. |
| nikkels Jul 24, 2012 10:41 AM EDT |
.....................................Totally agreed. Steve Ballmer put Linux adoption at slightly more than that of Apple in 2009................................... JaseP I know exactly what you are talking about, as I have seen the article as well. But......they were talking about << market penetration >>, I believe. Is Linux market penetration the same as linux market share. Linux market penetration could be understood as < ALL kinds of linux > . Market share could well be understood and referring to as < desktop and business only >, leaving out science and supercomputers, big or small. I do not bring it up to argue with anyone, but I also would like to know exactly what we are talking about........share....?...penetration ..?... Anyone with enough grey matter to make this clear to me ? I hate it when I say...: Stebe put linux....at 10% , and someone else start arguing with me. I hate it ! I love short fights :-) , not long ones. Thanks in advance. nikkels |
| nikkels Jul 24, 2012 10:46 AM EDT |
OK, as always, I find answers to my questions 5 minutes after I posted them on the net. I must stop that habit !!! found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_adoption |
| Fettoosh Jul 24, 2012 11:17 AM EDT |
@nikkels, Very substantial and informative article that everyone should read and use as a reference when debating Linux adoption. Thank you. |
| Scott_Ruecker Jul 24, 2012 3:50 PM EDT |
I am happy that we are actually talking about Linux taking more of the market, an actual piece of the market..no matter what size of or percent it is.. |
| JaseP Jul 24, 2012 6:15 PM EDT |
I'd just like to point out one thing... If Linux adoption or market share or what have you can double, seemingly over-night,... then obviously those have to be false numbers... It doesn't jive with reality that Linux use would go up by 100% over the course of a month... The only reasonable conclusion is that the measured Linux use is a subset of the actual Linux use... |
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