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Windows 7 and 8.1 Are Gaining More New Users Than Windows 10 (digitaltrends.com) 333

Posted by BeauHD on Friday November 04, 2016 @06:00AM from the stunted-growth dept.

New submitter TroII writes: After Microsoft ended its year-long "free" Windows 10 offer, new installations have slowed predictably. But in an unexpected turn, October saw more new installs of both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 than of Windows 10. Compared to September's numbers, market share increased only 0.06% for Windows 10, while new installations of Windows 7 and 8.1 were an order of magnitude higher at 0.68%. According to tracking firm NetMarketShare, Windows 7 is still by far the most popular version of the OS, installed on more than twice as many computers as Microsoft's latest offering.

Comment The national average score in math is 13% (Score 2) 26

by fiaskow on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @04:52AM (#48025691) Attached to: How Tech Is Transforming Teaching In a South African Township

At first I thought this is impossible, but then I found this: (Warning, PDF) http://www.education.gov.za/Li... This is a report on a standardised nation wide test. The average for grade 9 math is indeed ~13%.

Comment Re:Sub-Saharan IQ levels... (Score 1) 142

by fiaskow on Thursday January 03, 2013 @09:38AM (#42461041) Attached to: Africa's Coming Cyber-Crime Epidemic

What a crap generalisation. And you are right, its not the ones with the average IQ you need to worry about.

Comment Re:OLPC (Score 1) 142

by fiaskow on Thursday January 03, 2013 @09:13AM (#42460867) Attached to: Africa's Coming Cyber-Crime Epidemic

As an African geek, that made me giggle. Even though I've never seen or touched and OLPC.

Comment Re:No Laws, No Service (Score 1) 142

by fiaskow on Thursday January 03, 2013 @09:04AM (#42460821) Attached to: Africa's Coming Cyber-Crime Epidemic

Maybe in your world Africa is a country. Anyways, this is pure FUD. Look at this map of countries perpetrating cybercrime. Then worry about Eastern Europe/Russia and China. Probably even less chance of perpetrators in those countries being caught and facing the legal systems.

Comment Store and forward... (Score 1) 109

by fiaskow on Monday November 12, 2012 @02:30PM (#41958653) Attached to: NASA DTN Protocol: How Interplanetary Internet Works

Legitimate Bufferbloat?

Comment Handel..an english word? (Score 5, Informative) 353

by fiaskow on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @05:57AM (#39030513) Attached to: Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime

Maybe they got a 'Händel' on crime.

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