Re: [ILUG] Linux desktop percentage

From: kevin lyda (kevin+dated+1032093730.ec64e9 at domain ie.suberic.net)
Date: Tue 10 Sep 2002 - 13:43:03 IST


On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 01:30:06PM +0100, Paul Jakma wrote:
> total: 756 of which Microsoft: 432
> off the cuff percentage of MS using ilugers: 57.1429
>
> so even on ILUG, out of those who post, linux desktop users are a
> minority. (and the above is erring on the side of linux users, cause
> it counts things like webmail and eudora as linux users.)

no, that counts percentage of messages that set the mailer: header, not
users. it also ignores the fact that ms exchange modifies the mailer:
header (or it used to).

and that problem affects the google results too. what are those
percentages of? hits? ip+os? cookies?

kevin

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