Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: My thoughts on the "new development model" | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:15:06 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 09:04 -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > > I'd expect vastly less than 1%, starting from the arch count, and then > > making some conservative guesses about drivers. Drivers probably > > actually take it down to far, far less than 1%. > > > Sure, but pretty much each installation uses a different 1%.
this is where the 80/20 rule holds: 80% of the people use the same 20 drivers ;)
so it's not as extreme as your words suggest (ok I cut a bunch out); but linux has so many users that even the few percent of users that has a less common setup leads to bugreport. And unlike some other OS'es, we all get to see all those reports...
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