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[News] How Linux Broke an Adoption Barrier

  • Subject: [News] How Linux Broke an Adoption Barrier
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:41:21 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
The Linux Community of Interest

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| Today, the proliferation of web sites has negated the rules I learned over 
| ten years ago. “Build it and they will come” is a deprecated notion. Many of 
| my searches today are clouded by page after page of eBay auction ads. I find 
| it difficult to find materials I need to do my work.   
| 
| [...]
| 
| Linux had a community of interest. At the time, approximately 30,000 people 
| used Linux. By 1999, that ballooned to 2 million. Why? The community of 
| interest was in place and it was poised for growth. That brings up an 
| existential question: Is the community big because of Linux’s success or is 
| Linux’s success based on the community. I can see both sides of the argument.    
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1003694


Related:

Linux Users Base More Than doubled Over Last One Year: Survey

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| The number of Linux users has more than doubled over the last one year, says 
| a new survey by DesktopLinux.com. The survey also said Ubuntu remains their 
| Linux distribution of choice.  
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http://www.sda-india.com/sda_india/psecom,id,22,site_layout,sdaindia,news,19940,p,0.html


Survey: Desktop Linux use grows

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| DesktopLinux.com, which is a Web site devoted to, obviously, desktop Linux, 
| has finished a survey that found more than a doubling of Linux desktop users 
| in the past year.  
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/013576.html

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