These sorts of numbers are just typical marketing numbers.. i.e. best guess.
- jim On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:50:49 -0700 (PDT) Sebastian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are we counting users, or installations? How do LiveCDs fit into the > puzzle? Do embedded devices running Linux count? How about UML or Xen? > This is a complicated problem. I'm one user, but have around 20 devices > (computers, pda, and embedded devices) running Linux. On the other hand, > if you have a Linux kiosk -- say... an ATM -- it may have thousands of > users. Or, you may have a cluster with thousands of users. By counting > installations or users it is clearly easy to underestimate the total > number using Linux. Furthermore, how do LiveCDs fit into this puzzle?! I > just can't grasp that. > > - Sebastian > > > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Mark C. Ballew wrote: > > > Jeff, > > > > Linux counter sends an email out to the address you listed every year and > > asks that you login to update your information. If you don't, you get > > "uncounted". > > > > Mark > > On Sep 4, 2005, at 5:50 PM, Jeff Shippen wrote: > > > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > RLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
