From: Jeff Shultz 

Geo. wrote:

> "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> news:3e73267f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0314.petreley.html
>
>>>the axiom that Linux is taking more market share from Unix than from
> Windows.
>
>>>Of the developers surveyed, more than 50 percent who now develop
>>>primarily
> for Linux used to develop primarily for Windows.
>
>
> Ok lets try some statistics games like Nick likes to play. Example, there
> are 10 Unix developers and 1000 Windows developers in the world.
>
> Now along comes Linux and 5 unix and 5 windows developers move to linux.
> Now 50% of the linux developers came from windows, but linux has now
> sucked 50% of the unix developers away and has only sucked 0.5% of the
> windows developers away.
>
> Is the axiom stated above true or false?
>
> Geo. (note, the above examples are made up, any relationship to reality
> is totally accidental)

Perhaps... but the big news is that that Linux is gaining more developers.
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