Interesting Ubuntu stats

[Dallam Wych]

Hi Collins,

On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 08:04:25PM -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> Excerpt from a presentation by Mark Shuttleworth:

> http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=64926

> "Though he did not specify numbers, Shuttleworth said the Philippines
> is one of the company's biggest distributorships in Asia Pacific. They
> were able to ship 57,000 CDs of Ubuntu Linux in the last 12 weeks,
> compared to just 52,000 in Australia and 16,000 in Japan."

https://shipit.ubuntu.com/

At this site you can arrange for Ubuntu CD sets to be sent to you,
free of charge. Until recently I would receive 1,000 sets of every
new release of Ubuntu.

With this is mind, the above Shuttleworth quote could perhaps be read
as sending 1,000 sets of CDs to 57 people in the Philippines in 12
weeks time.

> Now that's one hell of a lot of shipments. If even 1/10 of those get
> installed, that's a big presence for Ubuntu.

One can't dispute that Ubuntu has a growing presence, though it's
not surprising given Shuttleworths and Canonicals aggressive
PR campaign.

Kind Regards,
Dallam
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