The companies we are discussing (gaming software) have real numbers. It
is called sales data and market research. They are not interested in
how many Linux users there are; they want to know how many buyers there
are.
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Jim Wildman, CISSP jim@rossberry.com
http://www.rossberry.com
On 19 Nov 2002, Andrew Wyatt wrote:
>
> > Then there's the market share factor. Yes, I know it's chicken/egg, but
> > you need to face the fact that the Linux "recreational desktop" market
> > is about 1/100 the size of the Windows one.
>
> I don't believe the REAL numbers are that small, however I do believe
> that the perceived numbers are. It would be nice if there was a real
> method to count linux users, IE: All distributions should standardize on
> an optional totally anonymous "click here to be counted as a Linux
> desktop/server user" page post installation, perhaps using a third party
> counter site to register with. Only then would we have even a rough
> estimate of the real number of Linux users out there.
>
>
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