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Re: Blogged: Installed Base of Linux larger than Vista and Mac Combined

  • Subject: Re: Blogged: Installed Base of Linux larger than Vista and Mac Combined
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 01:05:34 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Netscape
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__/ [ 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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