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Got Linux? Don’t tell your ISP
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| “It would also be interesting to know the correct percentage of Linux users
| out there. Percentages based on sales mean nothing, as most suppliers insist
| that if one purchases their new PC with Microsoft installed, that’s what
| remains. By this method the four computers I have are all Microsoft, when in
| fact none of them are. When the percentage calculations are done there should
| be an allowance for the number of computers that are reinstalled with other
| operating systems after the initial purchase.
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http://blogs.itworldcanada.com/shane/2008/08/14/got-linux-dont-tell-your-isp/
In the UK, based on /sales/ alone (preloads), GNU/Linux has 3%. How many PCs
that run GNU/Linux were actually sold with it preinstalled?
Recent:
Linux preinstalls rocket to three per cent
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| Microsoft is still be shipped with 93 per cent of all PCs sold through
| distribution in the UK, according to Context.
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| Yet Linux has nevertheless made an impressive gain.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/01/linux-preloads-rocket-per-cent
Netbooks A Linux Stronghold?
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| For years, backers of open-source software have hoped to push Microsoft out
| of its dominant position in desktops and laptops. Windows-powered personal
| computers account for more than 90% of unit sales,. Linux 4%, Gartner says.
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http://ca.biz.yahoo.com/ibd/080807/tech.html?.v=1
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