on 12/11/2002 7:10 AM, Massimo Marino at Massimo_Marino at lbl.gov wrote: > This related to previous posts claiming that very few buy a computer to > ditch Windows... Not an hoard, granted, but not to be neglected either. > Practically ALL Linux users I know have ditched their Windows > installation. So if Linux presence makes for say 5% they also > contributed the same 5% to Windows market share (which IS big deal) Don't forget that Windows machines are replaced roughly twice as often as non-Windows machines, also leading to "market share bloat." -- Glenn L. Austin <>< Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <glenn at austin-home.com> <http://www.austin-home.com/glenn/>