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I don't know what Ubuntu's numbers are doing, but you need to consider the rate of growth as well. Take the following hypothetical situation: * Say, every m
by damncabbage 15y ago
I don't know what Ubuntu's numbers are doing, but you need to consider the rate of growth as well.
Take the following hypothetical situation:
* Say, every month, a small percentage of the userbase stop
using Ubuntu (and switch to Mint or OS X, for example).
* Say the rate of growth is shrinking.
You've already hit the inflection point: if that trend continues, your userbase will start shrinking, you'll wonder why everyone's leaving all of a sudden, and you're suddenly in a position of trying to pull the project out of a nosedive you didn't realise you were in.
- notatoad 15y agohttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/stats-show-ubuntu-not-losing-ground-to-linux-mint/ http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/stats-show-ubuntu-not-los... Ubuntu's user base is growing faster than mint's is. And I don't even want to mention how ridiculous the concept of using hypothetical statistics to defend your point is.
- damncabbage 15y agoI'm not saying that Ubuntu is losing users or growing any slower than any other distribution. I'm just saying that "is not currently losing users" is not the only statistic that should be taken into consideration. (I'm not defending anyone's point; that was my first post in the thread. I'm also a relatively happy Ubuntu user.)