On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 06:54, Sid Boyce wrote:
Deep Thinker wrote:
Hello all,
I need to find a good source for stats on usage. I would like to get a comparison between 1994 and 2004 on what percentage of market share MS had/has over the other OS's.
I really just need the numbers but I would like to show a trend as to how users, after becoming more knowledgeable are migrating away from MS products.
Thanks,
d33p th1nk3r
I beleive google has worked out some statistics on Linspire and are hoping to do the same for other distros, but I think any Linux figures are going to be vastly wide of the mark as there are no per-seat licenses. I have 5 boxen with SuSE 9.1, Mandrake 10.0 and gentoo behind my firewall which is also Linux, I can't see how my setup will ever say I have more than one Linux box. MS would also count me as a XP installation, though the new laptop's HD had XP eXPunged moments after the first successful boot.
The only real idea is how much has actually been sold in terms of box sets or seats under license.