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Re: Firefox Has Over 23% Market Share in Europe, Up 4%

  • Subject: Re: Firefox Has Over 23% Market Share in Europe, Up 4%
  • From: "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:18:35 -0500
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: BellSouth Internet Service
  • References: <145852953.G2UxFZs5mH@schestowitz.com> <1166714148.096448.270300@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.com>
  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:471600
Larry Qualig wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Firefox crosses the 23% frontier in Europe
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> Shifting from 19.4% for the week of the 8th to the 14th of April
>>> 2006, Firefox user share rose to 23.2% in the week from November
>>> 20th to November 26th 2006...
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.xitimonitor.com/en-US/Technicals/index-1-2-3-68.html
>>
>> That makes a 1 in 4 ratio, but page requests != number of people.
>
>
> --- "Firefox Has Over 23% MARKET SHARE in Europe"
>
> But we have been told dozens of times that it is *IMPOSSIBLE* to
> measure "Market Share" of a free product and that "Market Share" does
> not exist for a free product.
>
> Looks to me like it's impossible to measure "market share" only when
> the results aren't favorable to Linux/FOSS. When the numbers are
> positive then *poooof!!!*   like magic, market share suddently exists.

Open your eyes, Dorothy: you're in Linux la-la land.




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