Hi, > > Suppose that: > > * OOo has 6% of the Windows market. changed to 8% > * OOo has 80% of the Linux market. changed to 90% > * Windows has 85% of the desktop market. changed to 90% > * Linux has 8% of the desktop market. changed to 3% > .... > the total desktop market, and 44% of OOo users would be on Windows and > 66% of our users would be on Linux.
With my number I get 73% on windows, 27% on Linux (mac and others not counted) > > > Now, please don't nit-pick on these exact numbers. They are an example. An everybody could take his own examples ... that's why I rather go with the numbers we can measure. > > Andre's suggestion that 80% of our users are on Windows would suggest > that OOo has a roughly equal presence in both OS's which is obviously > not true. I never said so. It all depends on the numbers yiou "guess" to "calculate". Sam Hiser even calculated a toal marketshare of above 30% for OOo on such a base. Another way to get better numbers was to look at the mailheaders at the users lists (unfortunately not all mailers provide the platform ID). Quick check at [EMAIL PROTECTED], out of 10 random Mails: - 6 Windows - 3 Linux - 2 unknown André -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++
