Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 07:53:56 05/02/02
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On May 01, 2002 at 14:59:49, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 01, 2002 at 10:10:50, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On April 30, 2002 at 19:21:22, ERIQ wrote: >> >>>As it would seem dos is just dead after looking at the responses to my last post >>>on the subject of is hiarcs 8 going to come w/ dos versions. Know one had any >>>faith it was going to happen. Well ok then what about an engine for Xboard that >>>could run on unixes I find it hard to believe that people would not buy it. and >>>none of these os's are going any where any time soon. Just a thought >>> >>> sign, >>> Eriq >> >> >>Indeed, more and more people are using Linux, and I think your question is a >>good one. > > > >More and more? Probably, yes. Last time I checked the stats of >www.chesstiger.com I had 0.7% visitors using Linux. Now it's 1.4%. That's >progress of a sort... > I don't use Linux and never have. However, I am very much in support of its goals and ideals and strongly support there being competition for Micro$oft. That said, I don't know whether the numbers you quote are indicative of anything except maybe Linux's growth rate. People using Linux may be less inclined to go to a web site that sells a program (Tiger for Windows) that does not run under Linux and one runs on a handheld (Tiger for Palm) that does not sync out-of-the box with Linux. (I say this without any negative implication about Chess Tiger, which I think is a *great* program on both platforms!) If you had a website that discussed Linux-only topics or products, I have a feeling the percentage of visitors using Linux would be a lot higher. :-)
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