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On 2008-05-07, Bill Baka <bbaka@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Now, On topic, the 1%+ even seems low to me since I have seen industry
> figures showing closer to 10% overall against M$ hefty 80%.
> Whether that is at work, home, geeks, kids, overseas, or whatever is the
> statistic I didn't trip over. Maybe 10% have it installed and 10% of
> their kids visit.

Consider that the 10% stat includes the nerds like us, who are unlikely
to need help with high-school algebra. And if genetics plays a role,
many of our kids don't need it, either. So 1% is 1% of ''average''
users, not just geek sysadmins and programmers.

--keith


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