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This seems like a pretty weak argument. If the whole argument is to say "No one knows" rather than to actually dig and get more data, that seems like an expecta
by personjerry 11y ago
This seems like a pretty weak argument. If the whole argument is to say "No one knows" rather than to actually dig and get more data, that seems like an expectation of defeat.
I'd argue that as much as we think Linux is getting more popular, we (as perusers of HN) are naturally part of the tech bubble, the small segment of people that are likely to use Ubuntu. Outside this group, I've yet to see Ubuntu recognized by many people.
- CephalopodMD 11y agoDid you read the article? The author does this to a reasonable level of effort.
- personjerry 11y agoI understood the author gave some examples where the number of ubuntu users would be higher than expected, but didn't really try to get a level of accuracy in conclusion. The difference, say, between 10,000 and 1,000,000 users is pretty high. A comparison relative to other OS users would be helpful.
- patrickaljord 11y agoMost people don't know what Ubuntu is, I don't think anyone disagrees with that. The argument this article is trying to make is that millions of people use it without knowing it, either directly or indirectly. For example, Uber has millions of users, this is a fact and so millions of people use Ubuntu indirectly so it's definitely more than 10,000 people. That's the point of the article and it makes a good case. Not saying this is a great metric, if we're talking Ubuntu on the desktop which is what you're thinking of it seems, then the numbers must be very much lower than that but total of real people using it on both the desktop and the server directly is probably above the million mark though.