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I read logs and reports daily for a pretty large website plus my own hobby domains, and these stats seem about right to me

Nice introduction to make people believe you are an authority on the matter, classic FUD tactic.

However much people would like to dismiss these results (the stats are a bit ugly), I see no other evidence to suggest that they are inaccurate

Sophism to add to the FUD tactic ("I see no other evidence", coupled with earlier "and I'm an authority on the matter").
And no, nobody dismiss these results, people say it's not accurate to take those for finding the true Linux numbers accessing web pages on their desktop.
It wouldn't be any better if taken on a Linux dedicated site (where you'll see lots of Windows users, being Linux users accessing from work).

To me, this says a few things

Which is complete BS, as you don't even know the methodology or sites checked.

Linux has done well on the desktop in terms of the overall quality of the experience in spite of our numbers. I think the fact that the number of users who use Linux is so low compared to Windows says a lot of good things about how much a small community can do

BS damned praise ! Linux started from far lower numbers to attain the state it is in now. No need for a stupid Web survey to acknowledge what you talk about,
we knew that already !

Linux could have a bigger percentage of the desktop market if it had more advertising behind it targeted toward consumers

What a prophet ! Let me make my own prophecy : Linux could have a bigger percentage of the desktop market if it came preinstalled on far more desktop systems.
BTW, we don't need market share for market share, this would be stupid. You have to support all these people, but not warez oriented people.

All of those using Linux really *are*, when all is said and done *that unbelievably l33t*

Yeah, like my computer illiterate wife or kids, who don't even understand what l33t means.

We are the < 1 percenters

No we're not ! What is your metric BTW ? 1 percent of what ? You don't even know. I'm not from the USA, and I can tell you that USA must be one of the worst country as to percentage of Linux users. You're a better astroturfer though, but are revealed by stupid crap sentences ending with "Redmond not noticing us", which is BS everyone can see. I'm not even talking about the insults contained in your sentences, about Linux users.

Perhaps relevant, perhaps not, are the fascinating weekly stats posted on the otherwise lamentable comp.os.linux.advocacy newsgroup, a nasty place that I do not recommend, but which indicates that many Linux die-hards post their messages from Outlook/Outlook Express

And it never occurred to you they did that from work with a Windows only policy ? Instead you rely on perpetual mockery (I know you talked about yourself).

These stats are just that, statistics. Without even the sites checked, you can't guess how accurate it would be of Linux users on the desktop surfing on the Web.
Like that matters anyway. Actually, this survey is irrelevant. What we want is support, so stats on NVidia drivers, ATI, Pinnacle, Hauppauge, ... web sites would be far more useful (though still not accurate) than this stupid survey.