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invokes Uficle by LilDragon 2008-01-15 01:18:32
a co-worker asked me how many people use open source operating systems - any ideas where I might find half-way reliable statistics?

actually - what she said was "90% of the world uses Winblows, so how can open source be any good" .... Im not asking for diatribes people, just a useful information source:)
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  Most people who use open source... by RetiQlum22008-01-15 01:27:19
    It depends on the sector: by sauerlandcowboy2008-01-15 01:44:40
    correction... by madjo2008-01-15 01:45:55
      That sounds... by JillSwift2008-01-15 03:22:45
  I would say W3 Counter by imWACC02008-01-15 01:41:19
    Seems to be up now by desiredusername2008-01-15 01:45:47
      I think my ISP is going FUBAR by imWACC02008-01-15 01:54:19
      That's funny numbers indeed... by EnzoMatrix2008-01-15 02:16:46
        Win web servers don't appear to be that rare. by Khaar2008-01-15 02:34:35
          I didn't know Google actually by EnzoMatrix2008-01-15 02:47:36
          That's an easy question to answer by Arman X2008-01-15 05:41:40
            Those statistics are for domains. by Khaar2008-01-15 07:10:51
      anecdotally by thread_killer2008-01-15 05:11:14
        Most of the "hard numbers" about this are bogus... by swisscheese2008-01-15 13:55:32
    That doesn't answer the right question by Arachnid2008-01-15 03:03:46
      Of course the question can be bent ... by aix tom2008-01-15 03:11:46
    Or try this one by swisscheese2008-01-15 13:17:55
  Yeah. by aix tom2008-01-15 01:44:02
    Are those statistics real? by Khaar2008-01-15 01:49:42
      Might be the Netscape "branded" AOL browser. (n/t) by aix tom2008-01-15 02:15:59
  some websites log the OS their visitors use by UnFair2008-01-15 01:50:29
  90% of the world does not use windows.. by karl-henrik2008-01-15 01:53:39
  Some Very Big companies use linux for their server by Arachnid2008-01-15 02:38:26
    Some not so big ones, too by sonja2008-01-15 02:52:19
    And for the products they sell by voxwoman2008-01-15 05:12:47
  That strikes me as saying by sonja2008-01-15 02:53:42
  Oh, forget statistics. by JillSwift2008-01-15 03:20:33
  Oy. by Mostlyharmles2008-01-15 04:57:21
  Most people can't set up their own email clients. by toysbfun2008-01-15 05:30:05
  You often don't know you're using it by TrogL2008-01-15 07:50:27
    "are written in perl" riiiiight... by Freakazoid2008-01-15 12:21:24
  ** long post ... Hollyweird also uses by manatee2008-01-15 08:46:32
  90% of the world eats at McD's, ... by swisscheese2008-01-15 13:04:05
    I don't like cordon bleu. (n/t) by Khaar2008-01-15 22:33:39

 

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