Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:54:17 -0700 (MST) | From | Jim Bourne <> | Subject | Re: *** next draft - press release *** |
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On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Riccardo Facchetti wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Greg Smart wrote: > > > suggest that Linux had 10 to 20 million users at the end of 1998. > ^^^^^^^^ > > 10 to 20 interval is too wide an estimate ... I suggest that we have to: > > "Initial estimates suggest that Linux is well introduced into the server > niche owning 17% of the market not counting the innumerable desktop > installations for which an estimate is really difficult given the 'free > download, free copy' distribution policy." >
Just a thought, maybe including some of the stats from the Internet Operating System Counter might be in order (http://www.hzo.cubenet.de/ioscount/ ). It seems to be fairly Linux friendly, and is the only real "OS counter" that I'm aware of.
Regards Jim
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