I still find such statistics interesting. Sometimes I analyze my server
logs to look at such things, just for kicks.
Some trends I've noticed:
* Free / Open Source topics get a high percentage of Windows hits in
addition to some people using Linux or *BSD, but still the vast
majority of them are using Firefox over IE.
* I commonly hear Google reported as having 60% search market share,
yet on my non-geek content pages (restaurant & other totally non-geek
stuff) I regularly see >85% from Google, with MSN Live Search results
often showing keywords only vaguely related to actual content.
Non-geek content also draws almost exclusively Windows/IE hits.
* BSD-related content draws more BSD hits than Linux-related content
draws Linux hits, even though *BSD is not as desktop slick as Ubuntu.
I suspect this is due to BSD people being generally more unix-savvy,
and therefore have BSD as their desktop more often. That's completely
a guess of mine.
Has anyone else noticed interesting correlations or trends on their
logs?
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:51:48AM -0800, keith smith wrote:
> We have had this discussion may times.
>
> I think most will say that Windows has it's place and Linux has it's place.
>
> I personally use both. I like Windows XP for my workstation and Linux for a server.
>
> Both serve me well!
>
>
> storkus@storkus.com wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:21:01 -0700, "Craig White"
> said:
> >
> > We have a lot of Windows users on the PLUG list that aren't eating Linux
> > dog food.
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > Craig
>
> Hey now, Craig! I'm just stuck using winblows temporarily because it
> came with this laptop. My other machine has always run Slackware since
> I've owned it, but right now it's sitting idle as I use this all the
> time. I'm sure a lot of other people are stuck the same way--that is,
> in between having bought a machine with the m$ tax and getting real OS
> installed! :)
>
> I still wonder if Acer will ever refund the m$ tax for N. American users
> like they do for European ones...
>
> Mike
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