Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:10:44 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Steven Lake <raiden@shell.core.com>, jason+freebsd@kanda.com Cc: Steven Lake <raiden@shell.core.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mac, the Nix's and other notes... Message-ID: <20020305171044.0258BBA03@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0203051040220.18664-100000@shell.core.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0203051040220.18664-100000@shell.core.com>
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On Tuesday 05 March 2002 11:41 am, Steven Lake wrote:
> Ok, I'll go with that. I'm just stating what I remember off the
> top of my head. It's not nessisarily perfect numbers. Just what I can
> remember off the top of my head. :)
If the numbers have no connection with reality (and I'm pretty sure that they
don't), why bother quoting them at all?
I think I'll make up the fact that AmigaDOS is installed on 97% of Intell
desktops!
That would be cool!
Seriously, your figures *could* have some relation to reality on *server*
boxes. If they have any relation to reality at all.
>
> On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 jason+freebsd@kanda.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Steven Lake wrote:
> >
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > > Breakups by country were also interesting. In the US, MS OS's are
> > > on over 70% of all machines while in europe it's less than 15% with the
> > > Nix's taking 63% of all systems. In Japan aproximately 91% of all
> > > machines are Mac, while in China and Asia in general, the Nix's rule
> > > the roost at 97% concentration. Note, these are arbitrary numbers, and
> > > not gospel fact. But I found them interesting and thought I'd throw
> > > them out there. Kinda cool. :)
> > >
> > >while in europe it's less than 15% with the
> > >Nix's taking 63% of all systems
> >
> > I think these figures are very, very wrong. Theres no way UNIX is on 63%
> > of desktops in Europe & its well known that China runs on un-licenced
> > microsoft gear..
> >
> > Jason
>
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