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Tom Potts wrote: > On Friday 16 January 2009 20:30, Simon Waters wrote: > >> Neil Williams wrote: >> >>> 7. Basing figures on any one piece of software excludes massive numbers >>> of other installations that use different software - not even the >>> kernel can be used or you'll exclude most BSD people and those still >>> warrant consideration in the "free software" economy. It's a mistake to >>> look for figures on the "Linux market share". >>> >> As someone said already "share of what" >> > or 100% of EU convictions for illegal practices > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7834792.stm > Tom te tom te tom > > > Yes i saw that on ceefax today, I think we should be careful what stats we quote, but if we mention at talks things like virus infections, it works in our favour, at the end of the day we need to keep MS bashing to a minimum and the benefits of OSS / Linux higher, otherwise we look like MS Bashers. This is harder when you consider Windows is constantly being infected with viruses, and the EU are losing patience with their Non compliance with EU Law. I found another report too on another issue http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7819220.stm Paul -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats e.g ISO 26300 odt http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php Next Linux User Group meet : Feb 7th : 3pm (TBC), Shoreline Cafe Paignton -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html