On May 11, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Bill Cavalieri wrote: > ----- Marc (aliacta.com) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Remember Linux has only 1% market share as an operating system. I >> figure all you have to do to be an RB user nowadays is download the >> free Linux version and give it _one_ whirl. >> (Last year we got to 100,000 users total with free Linux Standard >> Licenses _and_ free Windows Standard Licenses, and probably counting > > Linux on the server has a pretty high percentage rate (Dell would > not offer it on servers if their was no demand), you would be > referring to the desktop, which last I saw on cnet was just under OSX.
The latest numbers from the press vary from 2.1% to 2.8% for desktop Linux and 24.2% to 28.3% on servers. So, I suspect that Geoff was speaking of Linux desktop penetration, not Linux in general. Tim -- Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
