The important thing to remember is that Linux is just an annoyance to most
people.

Imagine, Linux is FREE yet most reject it. People would rather pay for
Windows than use that ****TY Linux/Ubuntu crap that they throw out there.

Get a ****ing life.


"Alias" wrote in message ...

On 10/24/2010 06:21 PM, One Shot - One Kill wrote:
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On 10/24/2010 06:06 PM, Quantum Leaper wrote:
Alias wrote:
On 10/24/2010 04:17 PM, Quantum Leaper wrote:
I am glad you like Linux but most people don't upgrade the OS other
than getting a new Computer.

I assume you mean most people in the USA. Here in Spain, most people
buy computers to order unless it's a laptop and I know many people
who own laptops and the first thing they did was nuke Windows and
install Linux.
If that was the truth, then way does Linux have less then 5% of the
desktops?



Let's see, how did you come up with that figure? Supposedly, there are
about 1 billion computers on line in the world which would mean,
according
to your figures, that there a 50 million Linux users. Fact is, however,
that no one knows how many Linux installs there are because Linux doesn't
need to be activated or become "genuine" and there are no store receipts
to count like there is with Windows.

web stats don't need receipts. it counts everybody equally no matter where
or how they got their os.

Web stats are not reliable because they only monitor certain sites, not
the entire web. They only report global usage and never do it by
country. Again, if you were to take the USA out of the picture, Linux
usage would be much higher. Also, for example, if you monitor msn.com
and don't monitor ubuntu.com, you have skewered stats. I would bet that
idealista.com isn't monitored even though it's one of the most popular
sites in Spain.


got any credible stats that show linux having more than 5% market share?

Can't read?


of course you do not.

You have a serious reading comprehension problem.


I suspect if you take the stats of the backwards USA out of the picture,
the user share for Linux would be much higher. After all, only the USA
could have such ignorant, biased bigots running for congress like there
are today. Those same supporters of Beck, Limbaugh, Palin, O'Donnell and
Rand Paul don't know any better than to order a computer from Best Buy
with Windows preloaded.

I never knew that only republicans buy computers with Windows preloaded.





Not what I wrote. The point is that the USA has a large chunk of the
usage world wide and most Americans aren't very hip as is evidenced by
the fact that the above named idiots may very well take over congress.

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Alias