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Net Llama! netllama
Wed Dec 13 10:02:39 PST 2006


On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Leon Goldstein wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "... according to Distrowatch, more people are downloading Ubuntu than
>>> Red Hat and Novell products combined."
>>>
>>> http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/TechGovernment/News.asp?id=41490
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Lies, damn lies, & statistics.
>>
>>
>>
> Someone who downloads Ubuntu does not necessarily become an Ubuntu user.
> I've got a copy of Kubuntu on my system; I tried it and found it wanting.
> I suspect I am not the only person who has tried (K)Ubuntu and decided
> not to bother with it.

True, although the same could be said about any distro.  And conversely, 
someone who downloads a distro once could be installing it tens or 
hundreds of times.

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