On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 09:40:10AM +0200, Eli Marmor wrote:
> 1. The statistics didn't count *users*, but boxes. Each typical UNIX
>    has more users connected to, *in average*, than a typical Linux
>    box. It will not be a too far gamble to guess that there are more
>    non-Linux users than Linux users ("non-Linux" in my words, means
>    only other UNIXes, including Solaris/HP-UX/DG-UX/AIX/SCO/Irix/etc.,
>    but excluding NT/OS2/mainframe/VMS/Novell/etc.). On the other hand,
>    many UNIX users even don't know that they use UNIX.

But what's a user? Someone who runs programs through a VT (e.g. bank
clerks)? A web client or PPP client? 

I remember a statistic saying Linux runs 3 out of 10 of the world's
busiest web sites (and I may very well be very off here).


> -- 
> Eli Marmor

        - Adi Stav

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