Facebook is anti-Linux! Help change them!

[Andrew Farris]

On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 23:05 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
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> 
>     But that's the point, they don't want to support Linux.  Look, most sites
> now, but not all, just most, say they work with IE and Firefox.  A lot of
> corporate sites I have to deal with (my timesheet/payroll/benefits site, for
> example) is still IE only.  Firefox?  Fuhgetabootit!  And Firefox has ~25% of
> the browser market share.  So why would they want to "support" a highly
> fragmented OS which amounts to, what 0.7% of the desktops?

0.7% of desktops, eh? I suppose you never saw this:
http://www.osnews.com/story/21035/Ballmer_Linux_Bigger_Competitor_than_Apple 
 
Now, assuming Steve Ballmer (or more likely Ballmer's secretary, or
intern) makes accurate charts (despite their terrible representation on
the included presentation slide) It would appear that MS's figures put
Linux at ~6% desktop market share, with Mac at ~4% desktop market
share... as compared to ~20% pirated windows, and the ~70% legit
windows. I personally feel the linux stats are probably higher, due to
the huge number of people I know/meet/see using Linux on computers of
every kind when I'm out in public... but who knows.

Comparatively, the browsers chart on that same slide represents Firefox
as having ~20% market share (closer to 19%) with Chrome and Safari each
with ~2%, leaving IE with ~76-77%.  

This is my last contribution to this thread, as I agree it should die...
I just felt that the numbers war needed some more perspective.

-- 
Andrew
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