This may seem like a silly or irrelevant question, but how do we KNOW
how many people are using Linux?
I'm sure it's relatively easy to know how many people are using Windows,
or Apple, by tracking sales figures. But what figures do the pundits use
to track Linux users, when they compare this system to others?
This question came to mind when I learned that Fermilabs, CERN in
Switzerland, and a number of other huge research facilities, are using
Linux, but the hundreds and hundreds of desktops and servers at each
facility are probably not being counted, because they run a
non-proprietary version of Linux they have built from source themselves.
Like I said, it's a silly question, but the alleged answer that some
"experts" offer either comes out of thin air, or there is a way. Could
it be that there are significantly more Linux users that anyone imagines?
Bill
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