http://bit.ly/linpeak The number of registered "Linux users" on counter.li.org has "peaked"[1] in 2005. If the "charms" of Open source and Free Software still apply and with growing population of tech savvy crowd, I see no reason why the registrations on counter.li.org must go down. This is, of course, the sum of registrations from each country.
A good old friend (and an ILUGC member :) ) pointed out that correlation is not causation. I agree. But I wanted to know if the list admin will be willing to help mine up data from the list member registration stats/logs. We can conclusively see if there was a Peak in the most number of users adopting to Linux and if that trend is declining. I don't have data to back this claim but my gut feeling is that modern ways of computing are radically changing and Linux is finding a Niche and "settling down". Is Linux getting adopted as a Desktop OS as much as MacBooks seem to become affordable to people? Or has the "use and throw" culture killed the Art of Unix OS maintenance? What do you think? :) Can the list-admin help with this pointless statistic? ;) -Suraj -- "The Greatest Shortcoming of the Human Race is our Inability to Understand the Exponential Function" Dr. Albert Bartlett _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc