Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 26th Nov 2007 10:16 UTC
The creator of Linux is excited about solid-state drives, expects progress in graphics and wireless networking, and says the operating system is strong in virtualization despite his personal lack of interest in the area.
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You *cannot* use these types of methodologies to get accurate market share numbers. There are quite a few reasons for this:
- Browser User Agent masquerading/no browser User Agent (which is the default in KDE, i.e. KDE users usually don't register as Linux users at all)
- Higher concentration of Broadband users among Linux (narrow-band users change IP addresses more often, making them appear as more than one user in such surveys)
- Web site selection: it only takes a few more Windows-centric sites in their sample to unacceptably skew the results
There are other things to consider (such as AOL users registering as multiple users), but these three alone are enough to strongly underrepresent Linux and other alternative OSes. You should therefore stop basing your arguments on figures that cannot by definition be accurate, as it underminds your whole position.
The generally accepted market share figures for Linux worldwide are between 2 and 3 percent (compared to 3 to 5 percent for OS X). Of course, Windows still rules the desktop, but that doesn't meant that alternative OS use is not increasing.