From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>Is there a reliable source of numbers
>of just how many people are using linux?
>
>I ask as I wish to be able to present to some
>financial institutions some figures that at
>least look authoritive. eg
>MS - 83%
>Mac - 3%
>Linux 11%
>Other- 3%
What context do you mean? Desktop OS, Server OS by machine, Server OS by
number of clients, Web server OS etc.
If you are talking about desktops then Linux ends up looking pretty poor -
something like MS 85-90%, Mac 5-10%, Other 1-5%.
On the server, things are different. Kinda like MS 35-40%, Linux 20-25%,
Netware 20-25%, others 10-20%.
For some good links (and comp.os.*.advocacy type rhetoric) see
http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
John Wiltshire
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