Google| Subject | Re: Any Minolta/Sony users using UFRaw and GIMP? |
| From | Alan Browne |
| Date | 04/10/2014 02:59 (04/09/2014 20:59) |
| Message-ID | <Cf-dnettHulBcdjOnZ2dnUVZ_o-dnZ2d@giganews.com> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | sid |
On 2014.04.08, 16:55 , sid wrote:
sidFair enough - let's get some more sources:
Alan Browne wrote:Alan Brownesid
The market for desktop users of Linux is less than 2% [1] of the overall desktop based on web stats.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Desktop_and_laptop_computers
Your stats as provided by this company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_Applications
"While the statistics released by the company routinely place Operating Systems sold by Microsoft (Windows) and Apple (Mac OS X) with a high market share in the desktop computer category (through 2013), Vincent Vizzaccaro (EVP - Marketing and Strategic Alliances, Net Applications, 2002-) has stated that Microsoft and Apple are among the company's clients.[2] The company has also admitted that their statistics are skewed.[3] These admissions and the fact the company doesn't make their data sources or processing methods public, has led many to criticize the company (e.g.[4]); questioning their impartiality and the reliability of their statistics."
You're never going to get true stats, particularly if all you monitor are www.microsoft.com or www.apple.com etc
I'm not implying anything here, just pointing it out, that's all.
http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0
http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/02/discontinued-windowsxp-still-no-2-desktop-os-after-windows7-windows-8-lagging-far-behind/
In the end, we all know where "desktop" Linux lies on the histogram, in the deep shadow of the left edge. It's for geeks, rebels and dreamers. Sucks maybe, but them's the facts.
Linux really belongs to the realms of embedded, server, transaction, database, super-computing and similar missions. It's just not a good thing to foist on people for their desktops. (An exception is "thin client" use in companies for basic desktop services).
-- "Big data can reduce anything to a single number, but you shouldnt be fooled by the appearance of exactitude." -Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
04/05/2014-
