OS usage/marketshare for March - Linux drops, Windows gains

Ezekiel

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<quote>
===============
Month Linux
===============
May, 2011 0.91%
June, 2011 0.95%
July, 2011 0.91%
August, 2011 1.00%
September, 2011 1.04%
October, 2011 1.12%
November, 2011 1.21%
December, 2011 1.29%
January, 2012 1.42%
February, 2012 1.07%
March, 2012 0.97%

===============
Month Windows
===============
May, 2011 88.69%
June, 2011 88.30%
July, 2011 87.60%
August, 2011 86.58%
September, 2011 86.57%
October, 2011 86.49%
November, 2011 85.71%
December, 2011 84.85%
January, 2012 83.62%
February, 2012 85.01%
March, 2012 85.54%
</quote>

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=9&qpaf=&qpcustom=Linux

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A Sinister Midget

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On 2012-04-02, Ezekiel <ze...@nosuchemail.com> claimed:

><quote>
>===============
> Month Linux
>===============

> February, 2012 1.07%
> March, 2012 0.97%
>
>===============
> Month Windows
>===============

> February, 2012 85.01%
> March, 2012 85.54%
></quote>
>
> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=9&qpaf=&qpcustom=Linux

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

2012 Win7 Vista Win2003 WinXP Linux Mac Mobile
February 48.7% 4.5% 0.7% 30.0% 5.0% 9.1% 1.3%

They don't have March up yet. It could go slightly either way. Except
XP use is certain to drop. Probably Vista, too.

Statistics Are Often Misleading

You cannot - as a web developer - rely only on statistics.
Statistics can often be misleading.

Global averages may not always be relevant to your web site.
Different sites attract different audiences. Some web sites attract
professional developers using professional hardware, while other
sites attract hobbyists using old low spec computers.

That would go for the slanted hitslink stuff, too.

Some web sites attract professional developers (linux), while other
sites attracts hobbyists (Windopes). Apparently professional developers
don't have a lot of interest in what hitslink tracks.

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DFS

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Looks like Microsoft's bribe checks arrived on time
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Ezekiel

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"A Sinister Midget" <fardb...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 2012-04-02, Ezekiel <ze...@nosuchemail.com> claimed:
>
>><quote>
>>===============
>> Month Linux
>>===============
>> February, 2012 1.07%
>> March, 2012 0.97%
>>
>>===============
>> Month Windows
>>===============
>> February, 2012 85.01%
>> March, 2012 85.54%
>></quote>
>>
>> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=9&qpaf=&qpcustom=Linux
>
> http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
>
> 2012 Win7 Vista Win2003 WinXP Linux Mac Mobile
> February 48.7% 4.5% 0.7% 30.0% 5.0% 9.1% 1.3%
>
> They don't have March up yet. It could go slightly either way. Except
> XP use is certain to drop. Probably Vista, too.

Using one (1) single sample-site is irrelevant. Unless of course you want to
compare OS usage for "WindowsTips.com" vs. "LinuxNews.com" and attempt to
show it's meaningful.

> Statistics Are Often Misleading
>
> You cannot - as a web developer - rely only on statistics.
> Statistics can often be misleading.
>
> Global averages may not always be relevant to your web site.
> Different sites attract different audiences. Some web sites attract
> professional developers using professional hardware, while other
> sites attract hobbyists using old low spec computers.
>
> That would go for the slanted hitslink stuff, too.

Exactly how is hitslink slanted? They aggregate data from thousands of
different websites. Given the fact they've been in business for over a
decade they're data must be useful to somebody who's paying for it.

And regardless of what sites they collect data from - Linux usage is down on
a relative basis. Whatever it was last month and however they measured it...
it's lower now than it was 30 days ago.

> Some web sites attract professional developers (linux), while other
> sites attracts hobbyists (Windopes). Apparently professional developers
> don't have a lot of interest in what hitslink tracks.

Huh? Your conclusion makes no sense.

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