Linux On the Desktop: 0.24 Percent?

Canyon Rat writes: "According to this story, less than a quarter of a percent of desktop users have adopted Linux. The survey was based on web surfers so it may be accurate." Anne Onymus adds a link to an interesting reaction over at lowendmac.com.

Comments

How to craft a response.

[glowingspleen]

[Insert Pro-Linux Outcry]

[Insert Rambling Out-Of-My-Ass Reasons why Survey Can't Be Correct]

[Insert Attack on Microsoft]

[Insert Short Insult To Silly Un-learned Users Who Don't Know Better]

[Insert Reminder That Survey Can't Be True]

[Close with Name, Followed By Witty Anti-M$ Slogan, Being Sure To Substitute A Dollar Sign For The "S" Because Doing That Is Inventive And Hilarious]

Re:How to craft a response.

[release7]

I've had my Linux box running for over 9 1/2 years. Try that with you Windows 3.1 machine. I'll tell you it can't be done.

Anyway, I've seen surveys by this company before and they've actually had to retract some of the statistics they've published in the past because of some oversights. Notice how they don't provide a breakdown of the 125,000 sites in the survey---just a little suspicious, don't you think? I've talked to almost everyone in my lab and at least 20% are using Linux.

In the long run, about 15 years, I predict Microsoft will be toppled. Let's face it, their software just plain sucks! Once the gov't wakes up and realizes they are nothing but pure monopoly, their market share will get washed away like a brillo pad on soap scum.

However, I am sick of lusers who are too lazy to want to learn anything new. It's like, hello! God help us if they actually put in just 2 hours a day for a couple of months into learning a new user interface so they could duplicate what they can do with Windows, they'd have a kickass OS that never crashed and can simulate many of the same things you do in Microsoft Office. Stupid lusers. Keep buying Microsoft products but don't come whining to me when Bill Gates owns the mortgage on your house.

Anyway, I just wish /. would be a bit more responsible about the articles it posts. The stats are obviously skewed.

preZZure--->Friends don't let friends buy M$.

Re:How to craft a response.

[onion2k]

Of course MS is bloatware. Now, what did I do with my 7 cds of Debian..

Our Stats ...

[SirSlud]

.. as taken from our counter for the site www.pseudodictionary.com, a site that has NOTHING to do with computers.

Win 98 80178 (45%)
Win 2000 33183 (18%)
Unknown 17948 (10%)
Win NT 15051 (8%)
Mac 13085 (7%)
Win 95 11717 (6%)
Linux 2459 (1%)
Win 3.x 1055 (0%)
Unix 761 (0%)
WebTV 226 (0%)
OS/2 24 (0%)
Amiga 4 (0%)

The scariest thing is that win98 is still 45%. If not being part of that 45% is wrong, I don't wanna be right, baby!

Re:Representative data

[nEoN nOoDlE]

That only proves that Linux users don't search for stuff online cause they're so knowledgable while Windows users have to resort to search engines to get where they're going! Your statistics are LIES! Or maybe Windows users just search for more porn.