OK, sorry, I took it from memory. This report seems to show it is 11 times more:
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=9 I guess it depends on who you ask. But I constantly read something like 7-8% for Macs and < 1% for Linux when "normal" users, and not developers, are counted. Cheers, Mikael On Jan 25, 12:20 am, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 25, 12:00 am, mikaelgrev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > some seven time larger than Linux on the Desktop, yet Sun is caring > > for Linux, but not OS X. Strange business to me. > > Where do you have those numbers from? Mac's might have gained growth > the last couple of years, but according to various sources > (i.e.http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php) we're talking about a 2x > difference. Sun obviously cares for all platforms, that's the whole > philosophy behind Java. But obviously they also have to prioritize, > it's not like all is rosy on Linux either where we're still waiting > for JavaFX support and proper browser support. It's a little amusing > these days to listen to all the Java developing Windows-refugees now > whining from their even more proprietary and locked down platform. > > /Casper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
