Re: Linux on Desktops -- Are there stats anywhere?
The number of desktops that run Linux is unknown.. and really that is not
important. Why bother with any company that doesn't want to see thier
clients happy?!? I agree with Peter, if they don't want to be helpfull go
someplace else.
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
>
> And vote with your pocket-book!
> You _are_ the client in this case.
>
> Say `Sorry but your software is broken under Linux, and that's
> what I use. If you're not interested in fixing it, then I'll be
> interested in switching banks.'
>
> :-)
>
>
> Cynbe ru Taren wrote:
>
> > The usual people (IDT?) quoted Linux at about 2-3% of desktop market
> > last I remember (3-6 months ago), putting it #3 behind Windows and
> > MacOS.
> >
> > Best I remember, about 6-8% server market penetration was where
> > suddenly all the server people started supporting Linux, and 10-12%
> > was the market penetration that Apple used to estimate that it needed
> > to maintain to retain the support of third-party software providers.
>
> > Arcady Genkin <antipode@thpoon.com> writes:
> >
> > > My bank rolled out a new version of web banking, which has a bug in
> > > Java Script. I sent them a bug report, to which I got a polite reply
> > > which boils down to ``Tough luck. We don't test on Linux.''
> > >
> > > I'm writing a letter to them, and would like to include some
> > > statistics as to how many desktop computers run Linux nowadays.
>
>
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