On Wednesday 23 August 2006 11:01, Jon wrote: > Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > > neither exist in any sort of reliable fashion. various estimates/studies > > from > > Yeah , I hear you. However, that doesn't change the fact that I need > something. If all I can get is vague indicators and I have to > extrapolate - then I will.
http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2006/07/measuring-kde-user-base.html i also saw a report that i can't say much more about (which is really, really, really frustrating) that puts desktop linux at 6% in corporate america and 10% in germany... those numbers are quite a bit larger than any numbers i've seen so far, but the study was a random cold-call research study. sadly, the (pro-linux) company that got the study done hasn't decided whether or not to release it. arg. so while i've -seen- the numbers and the study looks both defensible and accurate they are completely useless to me =/ btw, measuring via web usage is pretty much useless for a large number of reasons, including the international spread, the number of kde systems that aren't on the 'net or used for typical 'net things, the number of people who UA spoof, etc, etc, etc... -- Aaron J. Seigo Undulate Your Wantonness GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 Full time KDE developer sponsored by Trolltech (http://www.trolltech.com)
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