There's really no 100% accurate way to tell how many users of what there are. Here's an intersting site set up to count how many people use linux and how many machines they use it on. http://counter.li.org/
Unfortunately, you must go add yourself manually, and then, I do not know if there is a way to remove your self should you make any changes for any reason. This is an interesting topic anyway... can anyone think of a way to effeciently count operating systems? Maybe we can set up a survey website, to at least get a general idea. A survey that can take place each year for the full year... Here's a visual of the idea, with my count inside. http://jeffshippen.homelinux.com/test/OSsurvey/ (open office or html) I'm starting to think it should be a more simple survey, to include only option for a variant, such as <windows> <mac> <unix> Maybe there can be a unified way the Linux distros can implement a count across the net, to count both distro and total linuxes - again these numbers are prone to be higher than real uses - because, i for example, like to download this linux and that linux just for a temporary trial, and then i go back to my favorite. I think we, as a LUG group, can put some ideas together and possibly come up with an effecient count method, weather it's for only Linux or includes all OSes. Jeff Quoting Bill Roddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This may seem like a silly or irrelevant question, but how do we > KNOW > how many people are using Linux? > > I'm sure it's relatively easy to know how many people are using > Windows, > or Apple, by tracking sales figures. But what figures do the > pundits use > to track Linux users, when they compare this system to others? > > This question came to mind when I learned that Fermilabs, CERN in > Switzerland, and a number of other huge research facilities, are > using > Linux, but the hundreds and hundreds of desktops and servers at > each > facility are probably not being counted, because they run a > non-proprietary version of Linux they have built from source > themselves. > > Like I said, it's a silly question, but the alleged answer that > some > "experts" offer either comes out of thin air, or there is a way. > Could > it be that there are significantly more Linux users that anyone > imagines? > > Bill > -- > Web site: http://life-and-times.net > Blog: http://www.livejournal.com/~williamroddy > AIM: errolofquirm _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
