__/ [ John Locke ] on Friday 04 May 2007 09:21 \__
> On Fri, 04 May 2007 02:55:40 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=5&qpdt=1&qpct=4&qpcustom=Linux&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=88&qpnp=12
>>
>>The figures themselves are still far from being real for a large number of
>>reasons ( http://tinyurl.com/ypwr2h ). The /TREND/, on the other hand,
>>seems very clear.
> The chart shows .80 percent for April 2007 and if the trend continues
> the figure should be 1.60 by May 2008. (I personally think that the
> .80 figure is low).
>
> In any case, this is pretty significant.
It's more like 4%, but for reasons mentioned in the tiny url above, the
surveys are flawed. Other Web surveyors put Linux at 10 times the
amount/proportion (%3-4) that which Hitslink shows. Maybe it's up to 6-8%
now... but there are still many consistency issues that make the presence of
Linux of the Web seem far lower than a head count would reveal (20-40
million Linux desktop PCs, if not much more if you change the definition).
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