> 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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