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to: Geo.
from: Rich
date: 2003-03-25 15:52:36
subject: Re: Linux not eating Windows desktop

From: "Rich" 

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   You don't think that 18% of the surveyed enterprises have at least 1 =
Mac?  The quoted stats are virtually meaningless.  I'm surprised they = did
not report the number of enterprises that run at least one Unix = server or
desktop or other server operating systems like OS/400.  It may = be that
the survey in question has this info but the author of the = editorial is
just sloppy for not providing a reference.

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message =
news:3e80e378$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
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  > desktop. The survey finds that 25 percent of the sites surveyed have =
Linux
  > running on client machines. Just 18 percent run Macs.

  Joe,

  they had me going until the 18% mac number..

  Geo.


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   You don't
think that 18% =
of the=20
surveyed enterprises have at least 1 Mac?  The quoted stats are =
virtually=20
meaningless.  I'm surprised they did not report the number of =
enterprises=20
that run at least one Unix server or desktop or other server operating = systems=20
like OS/400.  It may be that the survey in question has this info
= but the=20
author of the editorial is just sloppy for not providing a=20
reference.
 
Rich
 

  "Geo." <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:3e80e378$1{at}w3.nls.net..."Joe=20
  Barr" <warthawg{at}austin.rr.com>">mailto:warthawg{at}austin.rr.com">warthawg{at}austin.rr.com>
=
wrote in=20
  messagenews:3e80bf8e$1{at}w3.nls.net...=
>=20
  desktop. The survey finds that 25 percent of the sites surveyed have=20
  Linux> running on client machines. Just 18 percent run=20
  Macs.Joe,they had me going until
the 18% mac=20
 
number..Geo.

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