Linux hits 1.05% on March!

Keith Keller wrote:
> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.misc.]
>
> 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
>
>
Probably true. It did take some hand holding to get my sister (73) going
on XP (with some help from her friends) but I wouldn't even consider
trying to get her running on any Linux. Sacramento to Phoenix is just
too far to support. She was a head nurse and I am/was an engineer so the
geekiness just fell into my lap.
Flip a coin. We both have good genes and intelligence but there was a
fork in the road as to areas of interest.
I like playing with the technical stuff and she likes to surf.
Bill Baka

On 2008-05-08, Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:
> Ignoramus18547 wrote:
>> Algebra.Com is not a computer related website and appeals to children
>> who need help with algebra. Thus, I think, the linux use percentage
>> comes from a population sample that is not biased on favor of any
>> particular OS.
>
> I would think the population of "children who need help with algebra"
> would not be representative of Linux users.
>

Exactly.

But it could be representative of general population.

E.g my children would be linux users by virtue of what they have at
home.


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In alt.os.linux.ubuntu Ignoramus18547 <ignoramus18547@nospam.18547.invalid> wrote:
> On 2008-05-07, h.stroph <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>> In news:-96dnWqPqv-9IbzVnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@giganews.com,
>> Ignoramus18547 <ignoramus18547@NOSPAM.18547.invalid> typed:
>>
> This is a proof that I am not spamming my URL algebra.com for the
> purpose of getting traffic on algebra.com. It just would not make
> sense!
>
> Algebra.Com is not a computer related website and appeals to children
> who need help with algebra. Thus, I think, the linux use percentage
> comes from a population sample that is not biased on favor of any
> particular OS.

I don't think that last sentence is right... I can think
of several ways in which the sample of those in need of help
with algebra homework and thus likely to hit your site would
be selected against or in favor of a particular OS.

Saludos,
AHG
--
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look respectable.
-- John Kenneth Galbraith

Ignoramus18547 wrote:

> I own a popular website algebra.com.
>
> I have a script to count the percentage of linux visits as a
> percentage of all human visits.
>
> It used to hover at about 0.7%, but in the last couple of months
> changed to 1.05% or so. So it is growing a little bit.

Two of our commercial websites have seen an increase from 17% to 35%
Linux-using visitors in the last year. The sites are in Europe, for
Europeans. Mac usage has declined from 9% to 6% in the same time.

C.

"Ignoramus18547" <ignoramus18547@NOSPAM.18547.invalid> wrote in message
news:-96dnWqPqv-9IbzVnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@giganews.com...
>I own a popular website algebra.com.
>
> I have a script to count the percentage of linux visits as a
> percentage of all human visits.
>
> It used to hover at about 0.7%, but in the last couple of months
> changed to 1.05% or so. So it is growing a little bit.
>
> i
Oh go f*ck yourself you ignoramus. So three people visited your website. Who
gives a f*ck you moron.