From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 13:18:22 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43CC916A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:18:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.bnetmd.net (ns1.BNETMD.NET [216.133.66.171]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C55E243D39 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:18:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from techlist@bnetmd.net) Received: from glenn (pcp404417pcs.mntcrm01.md.comcast.net [68.34.37.204]) by ns1.bnetmd.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA12123 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:18:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from techlist@bnetmd.net) Message-ID: <008501c519a9$ec25e100$6501a8c0@bnetmd.net> From: "Glenn McCalley" To: "List Free Bsd" References: Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:16:44 -0500 Organization: Business.Net LLC MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Subject: Re: Different OS's? Marketshare X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn McCalley List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:18:22 -0000 I think he said "break point" not "break even" In a previous life, our stats guys in banking considered anything that had 2% share (although I think we used 3%, whatever) of a population was "significant" and worth breaking out for study. Glenn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Robert Kim, Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor" ; "List Free Bsd" Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:30 AM Subject: RE: Different OS's? Marketshare > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Robert Kim, > > Wireless Internet / Wifi Hotspot Advisor > > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:49 AM > > To: List Free Bsd > > Subject: Different OS's? Marketshare > > > > > > Different OS's? Marketshare... > > > > any idea how many major OS's are out there today and what market share > > they have? > > > > i think > > > > WIN 70% > > Lin 20% > > Apple 5% > > so who is the other 5 % ??? > > > > you realze the statisticians and economists hold that 2 percent is the > > break point... > > > > Break even for what? Oh I get it - break even to make a profit, right? > > Hmm I wonder who gets the profits from the sale of FreeBSD? Do you > suppose > they would be overly concerned with the 2% rule? > > This is one of the (many) problems with trying to hold a free OS up to > a measuring stick designed for measuring commercial OSes. > > Note that Linux is doing much better against these measuring sticks > because > the Linux community, for all their loud proclamations about being GPL, > has been steadily making Linux less and less distinguishable from the > commercial OSs. When for example was the last time you saw a Linux > enthusiast with a burned CDROM of an ISO he downloaded somewhere? The > ones I see all have colorful cardboard boxes with penguins on them > that they bought at Fry's. > > Consider that even if FreeBSD had 50% of all running computers - if those > 50% of computers all belong to people that never buy software and only > run freeware, the people that create these measuring sticks would bend > over backwards to be sure those 50% were not counted. Not because they > have anything against FreeBSD, but simply because the customers of the > data these measuring sticks produce cannot sell anything to that 50% - > thus they don't care if that 50% exists or not. > > Ted > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >