those of you laboring at making mandrake the outstanding distribution that it
is might be pleased to know that the general public is recognizing the
superiority of mandrake...the below from linux today:
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Linux-Mandrake Ranked First in US
Linux Retail Sales in July.
Sep 6th, 20:57 UTC
These latest figures confirm the rising popularity of Linux-Mandrake in
the
end-users and SOHO market spaces.
Pasadena and Paris, September 6th, 2000 - MandrakeSoft, the premier
publisher of the popular award-winning Linux-Mandrake operating system,
today received the Linux Magazine Editor's choice Award and announced July
record sales in the United States.
According to the latest figures of PC Data, the Linux-Mandrake solution
distributed by Macmillan in the United States lead July Linux sales with
more
than 30% of market share :
Retail sales in July 2000 - Source: PC Data With a 32966-unit-sample
selected
by PC Data
1.- Linux-Mandrake: 31,5%
2.- Red Hat: 24,9%
3.- Corel: 23,0%
4.- TurboLinux: 8,4%
5.- SuSE: 6,1%
6.- Caldera: 4,3%
