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[Michael Hipp]

Net Llama! wrote:
> 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.

The editor of DistroWatch makes no claims for the "rankings". He urges caution 
at every turn, even going so far as to say it may mean nothing at all. It's 
certainly not a download counter as that article mistakenly says. Tho it does 
generally seem to reflect what are perceived to be the "top" distros out there.

Michael