__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Monday 30 April 2007 23:07 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:33:06 +0100
> <1788006.Tv7RhQ9Tme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Monday 30 April 2007 19:36 \__
>>
>>>
>>> http://www.sqlspace.com/viewtopic.php?p=162561#162561
>>>
>>> "We ran a check on the past 125,000 visitors on what OS they are running
>>> regarding all our sites.
>>>
>>> The Major OS by far is Windows XP. However the part that we found most
>>> interesting is that Linux outpaced both Windows Visa and Mac OS combined
>>> in terms of users.
>>>
>>> This could be a factor of the nature of the sites. But that is nullified
>>> when many of the websites that run this tracking system are general
>>> sports sites, political sites that focus on the 2008 election and
>>> forums, such as this one.
>>>
>>> Code:
>>>
>>> 81.82% Windows XP
>>> 4.82% Linux
>>> 4.27% Windows 2000
>>> 3.27% PPC
>>> 2.64% Mac OS X
>>> 1.55% Windows Vista
>>> 1.45% Unknown
>>> 0.09% Windows CE
>>> 0.09% Windows ME "
>>
>> Here's the output from boycottnovell in April:
>>
>> Operating Systems Hits Percent
>> Windows 57200 38.3 %
>> Linux 49287 33 %
>> Unknown 38552 25.8 %
>> Macintosh 3647 2.4 %
>>
>
> The unknown OS? Woof...either their scanners aren't
> working well, or there's an awful lot of custom clients
> out there. ;-)
Linux is often the "unknown O/S", which is why I strongly and repeatedly (
http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2007/01/08/the-true-market-share-of-linux/
) argue that Web stats are meaningless, esp. when that "unknown" just gets
discarded. It has great statistical significance.
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