Re: Measuring Linux Uptake

[Kadaitcha Man]

Some uninformed lumpsucker named 7 ejaculated:

> Nope. Linux is strong in embedded applications like all Flat TVs sold,
> all MP3 players sold, DVD players sold, routers sold, digital photo
> frames sold, ip webcams sold, etc. They are also in 33% of all netbooks
> sold. Most smartphones are Linux. All e-books are Linux. The revenue
> from all of these for the retailer running their business is counted in
> Linux dollars. They are seeing massive boost to their income from Linux.

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[Kadaitcha Man]

Some spiritless rudesby named Ezekiel insisted:

> "bbgruff" <bbg...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:7qk94i...@mid.individual.net...

>> For many years now we, Linux Advocates and Windows Enthusiasts alike,
>> have been content to measure the User-Share of various OSs via monthly
>> figures posted on
>> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?
qprid=9&qpdt=1&qpct=4&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=108&qpnp=25
>> etc.
>>
>> This is, of course, nothing of the sort.
>
>
>
>> It is actually a measure of the % of Hits recorded by a large number of
>> websites - a rather biased sample, biased towards the U.S. particularly
>> and the Western World generally.
>
> Do you have any evidence that it's biased and biased towards the US?

You fucking idiot. He doesn't need evidence. His claim is prima facie
true.

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[Kadaitcha Man]

Some moss-grown meat flapper named Rick toadied:

> On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:48:03 +0000, bbgruff wrote:

>
>> amicus_curious wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "bbgruff" <bbg...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:7qk94i...@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>>

>>>> In that vein, I'm just giving trolls, Windows Enthusiasts etc.
>>>> advance notice and warning. Considering the much stronger postion of
>>>> Linux on netbooks (and the anticipated Google OS!), phones, and
>>>> various other devices, perhaps our friends would like to consult
>>>> Redmond and familiarise
>>>> themselves with the future party line on this? Have they got a
>>>> different measure that they would like to use?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Well, if you are in business, then the thing that counts the most is
>>> how much money is in the system and how profitable the products you
>>> are selling
>>> can become. Trying to compare the number of times that a web site is
>>> accessed with one OS or another or whether a cell phone accessing a
>>> web site means anything in regard to some OS or other is useless
>>> unless it has some
>>> reliable connection to making a business decision. It is easy to
>>> directly measure the revenues from Windows, Red Hat, Novell, and
>>> whatever other OS product may be for sale. That is how the market is
>>> actually measured and that is how the companies participating in the
>>> market keep score.
>>>
>>> Everything else is just a mirage.
>>
>> An interesting response :-)
>>
>> So if the day comes when Microsoft sells just *one* copy of Windows in
>> the year, and every other new computer/device sold that year runs a
>> gratis version of Linux, Microsoft will have 100% of the market that
>> year, and I will be happy watching my mirage?
>
> No, Microsoft would have 100% of whatever market that copy of Windows
> was sold into.

So, you are predicting that that "just *one* copy of Windows" will not be
able to run, say, OpenOffice? Hmmm?

You fuckwitted linux-using nincompoop.

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