Comment Name one approved method for measuring Linux!!! (Score 0) 194
Name one approved method for measuring Linux!!!
What I find is that figures like 0.8% are not properly verifiable. Somebody pressed F1 and Clippy told them what to measure!
These numbers may severely underestimate Linux deployment. If however records of press releases are counted up for how many systems got deployed by various companies, then for 2007 it is 1 million+ desktops PER MONTH getting installed. At least the press releases are independently verifiable. For embedded Linux (routers, flat TV, DVD recorders, M3/MP4 players etc) - the numbers are around 1 million devices sold PER DAY.
For this year, it should be easy. We are in January. The EEE as an example is projected to sell around 5 million this year. That then takes care of January to May. Join the dots with all the other press releases, at the end 2008, we should have a much better figure for how many Linux desktops, embedded devices etc got deployed. If the numbers get revised, then the figures can be revised, but in a verifiable way.
What I find is that figures like 0.8% are not properly verifiable. Somebody pressed F1 and Clippy told them what to measure!
These numbers may severely underestimate Linux deployment. If however records of press releases are counted up for how many systems got deployed by various companies, then for 2007 it is 1 million+ desktops PER MONTH getting installed. At least the press releases are independently verifiable. For embedded Linux (routers, flat TV, DVD recorders, M3/MP4 players etc) - the numbers are around 1 million devices sold PER DAY.
For this year, it should be easy. We are in January. The EEE as an example is projected to sell around 5 million this year. That then takes care of January to May. Join the dots with all the other press releases, at the end 2008, we should have a much better figure for how many Linux desktops, embedded devices etc got deployed. If the numbers get revised, then the figures can be revised, but in a verifiable way.
