Hi Tom,
04/07/2013 20:28, sgrìobh Tom Davies:
Hi :)
That usage figure of 1-2% has been quoted for decades without anyone
really looking into it. MS keeps telling us that it's still only 1-2%
according to studies they paid for.
They broadly match the site stats I collect from my websites, below the
data for June
Windows 65.12%
Macintosh 14.75%
iOS 8.62%
Android 5.88%
Linux 3.00%
(not set) 2.00%
Yes, folk have multiple devices so you're really measing devices, not
users which is important to remember. But I am certain that a figure for
Linux devices below 5% is realistic, if depressing.
I wasn't arguing which is the better one - I think this just came off a
question of how many people are using which localization and I was
pointing out that the langpack download stats are, in my view, not a
reliable indicator.
For example, for Gaelic related sites such as mine you would expect a
higher than average % of users with a Gaelic OS. But 77% of the OS
languages visiting are English, Gaelic at 1.25%. Since Win 8 and Ubuntu
are the only Gaelic desktop operating systems, that means either has a
share *less* than 1.25% of visitors to my site. Which is, in fact,
realistic at gut level and also way below what the langpack downloads
might suggest.
So what we really need would be ask a site like Wikipedia if they could
tell us what the OS languages of people are within each OS type.
Michael
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