> > I think the "40%" was a rectum pluck rather than it > being a fixed number > on which OpenSolaris should aim. I mean, if you look > at Mac, their > marketshare is below 10% and yet has a bigger > selection of software than > Solaris. > > One could argue that not only does Solaris need more > users, but its > quality rather than quantity. If the vast majority of > the 40% are penny > pinching, proprietary software hating, > thick-rim-glasses wearing, hunch > back coding geeks - it certainly won't attract > vendors such as Adobe or > MYOB who don't target that crowd. > > Matthew > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
The 40% certainly was a "rectum-pluck". I was thinking about a goal for Solaris on the desktop, and 40% seemed so startling that I thought I'd better use it. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org