Attempts to Count Linux Users Remain Pointless

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 9, 2007 @03:03AM from the can-i-count-all-the-racks-seperately dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A great deal of attention is paid to numbers, but rarely does one actually ask what these numbers mean. One problem that many people have been trying to tackle is gauging the extent of use of Free software, including Linux. Questionnaires are not a solution here and neither are statistics, which are usually derived from the wrong data. The following article looks at the various challenges at hand and concludes that the growth rate of Linux is likely to remain an enigma."

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Re:hmm. by c_woolley · 2007-07-09 03:43 · Score: 0, Troll

Oh Yeah, well....

1 Trillion-Gazlillion people use Linux.
Which sucks, since I hate Linux.
Vista rules and no other computer OS will come close until MS creates a new one.
No PC manufacturer will ever ship a Linux based peice of junk.
Go to http://www.vbrad.com/pf.asp?p=articles/art_linux_s ucks.htm for more information.

There, I think I covered all of your points.