On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 03:42:55AM +0100, pd-list-request@iem.at wrote:
Message: 3 Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:39:02 +0100 From: Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org Subject: Re: [PD] Re: [OT] Edirol FA-101 under Linux To: pd-list@iem.at Message-ID: 20051129223902.GJ17327@fliwatut.scifi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hallo, js hat gesagt: // js wrote:
On 11/29/05, Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org wrote:
I guess, the majority of Linux machines running worldwide do so as servers, often without screen and keyboard.
this is an interesting point- i wonder how you come to your conclusion [and what supporting data you have]. i run several linux boxes- all of them with screens and keyboard. but i do know of several linux boxes set up as you indicate.
No numbers, as I wrote, it's just a guess, which I dare to do from looking at the fact, that although Linux is becoming more and more popular as a desktop system, it's traditional home as a Unix-ish system is the server room (or farm).
Some time ago people used to say "between 0.5% and 2% of desktop machines are running Linux". More recently I have heard "between 2% and 5% of desktop machines are running Linux."
People used to also say "70% of internet servers are running Apache [and presumably Linux]." but I've heard that That Big Bad Company has been making great gains recently.
Sketchy at best but probably gives you a ballpark. Though the two can't really be correlated of course because they share a different base.
Lies, damn lies and statistics.
Indeed.
Chris.
chris@mccormick.cx http://mccormick.cx
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Chris McCormick wrote:
People used to also say "70% of internet servers are running Apache [and presumably Linux]." but I've heard that That Big Bad Company has been making great gains recently.
Netcraft reports Apache is running 71% of domains (Nov 2005).
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/11/index.html
It could be argued that what matters is not domains but rather servers, which would favour Microsoft, but it could also be argued that customers (of hosting companies) is what matters, and then on Apache you often have many customers sharing the same server, domain name or not. If IIS is made less efficient, then you need more servers to do the same job, and so IIS shows up better in those stats.
Twisting the numbers can make Apache seem like it's only got a comfortable majority but it can also make it seem like it's got near-unanimity.
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