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(Msg. 16) Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:12 pm
Post subject: Re: Whoops, Windows Vista already #2 behind XP.... Linux still well below 1%. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Hadron Quark wrote:
> The amount of times something is downloaded means nothing. Its on how
> many machines it is being actively used that is important.
That's right. I download gentoo install cd once, and install it on 5
machines.
> And the stats from w3schools effectively puts this as 3,3% which is down
> on the same time in 2006.
So, web developers that are running linux aren't connecting to w3schools?
Big deal.
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(Msg. 17) Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:12 pm
Post subject: Re: Whoops, Windows Vista already #2 behind XP.... Linux still well below 1%. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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After takin' a swig o' grog, Gregory Shearman belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Hadron Quark wrote:
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>> The amount of times something is downloaded means nothing. Its on how
>> many machines it is being actively used that is important.
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> That's right. I download gentoo install cd once, and install it on 5
> machines.
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>> And the stats from w3schools effectively puts this as 3,3% which is down
>> on the same time in 2006.
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> So, web developers that are running linux aren't connecting to w3schools?
> Big deal.
Hadron and his like are gullible loons.
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(Msg. 18) Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:23 pm
Post subject: Re: Whoops, Linux lacks sales figures, thus the inaccurate reports. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Oldtech belched out this bit o' wisdom:
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>> So, I have never trusted the media hype about sales figures, especially
>> with the source is the seller, Advertiser, or the promotion agency!
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> OK and his like are gullible loons.
Or lull-able goons. Whatever.
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(Msg. 19) Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:47 pm
Post subject: Re: Whoops, Windows Vista well on track... Linux still well below 1%. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:27:07 +0200, OK <otto.DeleteThis@kaiser.de> wrote:
>Wow, my crystal ball really is working well: a month ago I predicted
>that Vista will reach the #2 spot in the next four weeks. Looks like
>it's done:
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>http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2
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>I predicted 4.75% by extrapolation, and the actual number is 4.52%,
>not too bad an estimation. As a matter of fact Vista's progression is
>very close to perfectly linear so it's easy to predict the next score,
>which should be around 5.5% next month.
Actual number: 5.41%, it's just too easy.
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=5&qpcustom=Windows+Vista
Meanwhile Linux still did not really *break* the 0.8% barrier...
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(Msg. 20) Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:47 pm
Post subject: Re: Whoops, Windows Vista well on track... Linux still well below 1%. [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, OK
<otto.DeleteThis@kaiser.de>
wrote
on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:38:06 +0200
<uq52b3l5qpjnr3prfd0783rn4gcea9643b.DeleteThis@4ax.com>:
> On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:27:07 +0200, OK <otto.DeleteThis@kaiser.de> wrote:
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>>Wow, my crystal ball really is working well: a month ago I predicted
>>that Vista will reach the #2 spot in the next four weeks. Looks like
>>it's done:
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>>http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2
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>>I predicted 4.75% by extrapolation, and the actual number is 4.52%,
>>not too bad an estimation. As a matter of fact Vista's progression is
>>very close to perfectly linear so it's easy to predict the next score,
>>which should be around 5.5% next month.
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> Actual number: 5.41%, it's just too easy.
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> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=5&qpcustom=Windows+Vista
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> Meanwhile Linux still did not really *break* the 0.8% barrier...
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> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=5&qpcustom=Linux
Linux will *never* break the 0.5% revenue barrier, as long as Microsoft
Windows enjoys a majority and is 100x as expensive.
As for the desktop barrier? Good question.
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