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| DATE | 2008-03-30 |
| FROM | ronny abraham
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] GNU Market Share
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I think you're missing the point. If someone is using win 98 it
probably isn't because they care about using good tech. To be blunt,
even if someone can't afford the latest OS, they're going to pirate it
(Which is a whole problem for us in itself, because if half a billion
people in India and China decided not to pirate we'd get a LOT of code
done). So the only people using win 98 are either those guys who really
really don't care, or the ones who are terrified of making the slightest
change to their system, even if it means using XP. In the latter case
someone like that is definitely not going to try a whole different OS.
Also, it isn't necessary to get the majority of consumers. All that's
necessary is to get enough people for commercial vendors to think it's
worth their while to invest in it. Once that happens, a lot of people
will be far more willing to use a platform that has their favorite apps
on it.
-ron
On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 23:16 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
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> linux-desktop-i-want-to-believeDesktops starting with Dell have begun
> being sold with Linux pre-installed, almost all of the new UMPC Eee-like
> notebooks that are selling in extremely large numbers these days are
> coming with Linux pre-installed, Everex is pushing Linux desktops through
> Wal-Mart, and lots of new computers are getting SLED certified or some
> other form of Linux certification. Add to that the increased popularity
> of all things Linux, the increasing ease of use of Linux as a desktop
> operating system and it has me wondering why there hasn’t been a spike
> in Linux’s market share?
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> Linux couldn’t even beat out Windows 98 until sometime between August
> 20th and August 30th of last year according to W3Counter. According
> to that same site, since the 10th of May last year until the 29th of
> February this year Linux has only seen a .76% increase in its market
> share, which still only brings it up to a market share of 2.01%.
>
> Comparatively 2.01% is still pretty good considering that’s almost
> double what Windows 98 is right now and excluding XP which still holds
> the top spot, Linux’s best competitor, Windows Vista, is only sitting
> at 6.48%. It still frustrates me that with all the advances in the Linux
> world as far as making things useable goes and with all the new computers
> being sold with Linux on them, it frustrates me that Linux still can’t
> beat Windows 2000.
>
> I can totally understand Linux not being able to beat OS X, Vista, or
> XP, but it should certainly be able to beat out a version of Windows
> that’s so old its usability is probably less than that of the newer
> distros of Linux. Maybe with this next push of Linux notebooks including
> the upcoming offerings of Asus, Acer’s Eee competitor, the CloudBook
> which still hadn’t been released since these most recent figures,
> and the HP2133 Linux might gain the 1.29% market share it needs to beat
> Windows 2000’s 3.29% market share.
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