Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 9th Sep 2002 22:25 UTC
In the News OneStat.com, today reported that Microsoft's Windows operating system has a global usage share of 97.46 percent. Microsoft's Windows still dominates the global operating system market. The global usage share of for Apple's Macintosh operating system is 1.43 percent and is the second most popular operating system in the world. The three most popular operating systems according to OneStat are: 1. Windows 97.46%, 2. Macintosh 1.43%, 3. Linux 0.26%. All numbers are an average of the last 2 months. The other big statistics company, StatMarket, placed (in June 2002) Microsoft at around 95%, MacOS at 2.4% and Linux around 0.35%.
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Matthew...
by Vince on Thu 12th Sep 2002 08:04 UTC

So basically then unless you are a programmer, you too are one of the many sheep, only a slightly more hypocritical one. Because if you are not a programmer, then you are as equally "useless" as all of those windows users that rely on someone else to fix their woes when they complain about bugs or problems.

So ill throw the same argument back at you: "You use windows, all power to you, however, I don't want one word or complaint when you find a bug or vulnerability in your OS. You made your choice now live with it." Funny, its sounds just as stupid when I say it.

Oh and by the way your little indirect spat about windows being so much more insecure then linux - linux isnt very big on the desktop so its not targeted as much by script kiddes for making convenient email worms and other virii. The argument that linux is safer because you have more eyes looking at the source to see if their are flaws also holds true in this case: windows has a lot more eyes looking for holes than linux. So just because the current number of people looking at linux can't find them does not mean they are not there. But I will empathize with you - its fun to throw stones while in a glass house.

Oh and Matthew, if you've bothered to read this far, since you didn't in my last post you'll notice I didn't comment on the reference to windows users being sheep or say that I was windows user. In fact use Apples and _My Comment_ was on Linux users wiring their @$$s to say "Linux" when they farted. But I do appreciate the attention, eventhough you didn't bother to respond to me about what I posted.