Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Derek Broughton]

Karl Auer wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 11:01 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Karl Auer wrote:
>> > If ten people use "an operating system", and two of them use a
>> > particular operating system, then that particular operating system has
>> > 20 percent of the market. Any other definition of "market" is too
>> > narrow to be useful.
>> 
>> But your definition of market is too _broad_ to be useful.  "Market
>> share"
>> is used specifically because it is measurable.  You can never measure
>> Linux use - you probably can't even tell me how many devices you own use
>> Linux (and if you can, you know that you're one of a very small
>> minority).
> 
> Measurement does not have to be physical. It can be statistical, and in
> fact usually is.
> 
> I stand by my statement.

And I maintain that even statistically, you can't determine Linux 
penetration within something just under an order of magnitude.
-- 
derek