raylopez99 writes:

> Yep, Linux is dead. Long live Linux. And Amiga. And 8-track
> cassettes. And disco.
>
> RL
>
> Recent statistics released by W3Counter reveal that the market share
> of Windows 98 fell from 1.44 percent to 1.34 percent in August,
> reducing it to the same level of popularity as the open source Linux
> operating system, which saw its market share increase from 1.33 to
> 1.34 in the same period. If the steady downward trend in Windows 98's
> market share continues, the popularity of Linux will soon surpass that
> of Microsoft's outdated, nine-year-old Windows version.
>
> This is a somewhat empty victory for Linux enthusiasts, who have been
> predicting the imminent arrival of the mythical "year of the Linux
> desktop" for as long as I've been a Linux user. Linux's 1.34 percent
> market share falls far short of the rosy 2008 estimates made by
> Siemens in 2003.
>
> The W3Counter's statistics, which are based on the web browser user
> agent text of 33 million unique visitors to over 5 thousand web sites,
> also show that Mac OS X (3.73 percent) is still more popular than
> Windows Vista (3.46 percent) and is quickly catching up to Windows
> 2000 (3.94 percent). Within a year, we expect Vista to surpass both of
> these readily.
>
> Although market share statistics can provide valuable insight into
> software adoption trends, no method of gathering such information is
> completely reliable. One can often get a clearer picture by comparing
> statistics from multiple sources. Net Applications, which also
> provides monthly operating system market share statistics, shows Linux
> at 0.77 percent in August and Windows 98 at 0.98 percent.

That ties in with the BBC's figures of 0.8%. Anecdotal evidence
suggests Linux to be less than 1% on desktops.

>
> Although the popularity of Linux still doesn't rival that of Mac OS X
> or Windows on the desktop, the open-source operating system is
> accumulating broader industry support, a factor that could potentially
> lead to modest market share increases in the coming months. Dell, HP,
> and Lenovo are all offering Linux preinstalled on desktop or laptop
> systems in select markets, available to end users, and reportedly well-
> configured. We have some coming into the lab for a test, so stay
> tuned.
> -
> How Can Linux Market Share Be Accurately Measured?
> listen
>
> Friday October 26, 2007 12:34PM
> by Caitlyn Martin in Articles
>
> eWeek ran an article yesterday titled Linux Losing Market Share to
> Windows Server. The article quoted IDC sales figures.

It doesn't need to be accurate. Everyone knows its "around" the 1%
mark (I think less) since just peering over shoulders shows Linux to be
almost no where. If the advocates in COLA stopped telling lies and tried
some real advocacy then maybe this would change.


--
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debian.
-- Andrew Morton

On Wed, 21 May 2008 12:16:58 +0200, Hadron wrote:

> raylopez99 writes:
>
>> Yep, Linux is dead. Long live Linux. And Amiga. And 8-track
>> cassettes. And disco.
>>
>> RL
>>
>> Recent statistics released by W3Counter reveal that the market share of
>> Windows 98 fell from 1.44 percent to 1.34 percent in August, reducing
>> it to the same level of popularity as the open source Linux operating
>> system, which saw its market share increase from 1.33 to 1.34 in the
>> same period. If the steady downward trend in Windows 98's market share
>> continues, the popularity of Linux will soon surpass that of
>> Microsoft's outdated, nine-year-old Windows version.
>>
>> This is a somewhat empty victory for Linux enthusiasts, who have been
>> predicting the imminent arrival of the mythical "year of the Linux
>> desktop" for as long as I've been a Linux user. Linux's 1.34 percent
>> market share falls far short of the rosy 2008 estimates made by Siemens
>> in 2003.
>>
>> The W3Counter's statistics, which are based on the web browser user
>> agent text of 33 million unique visitors to over 5 thousand web sites,
>> also show that Mac OS X (3.73 percent) is still more popular than
>> Windows Vista (3.46 percent) and is quickly catching up to Windows 2000
>> (3.94 percent). Within a year, we expect Vista to surpass both of these
>> readily.
>>
>> Although market share statistics can provide valuable insight into
>> software adoption trends, no method of gathering such information is
>> completely reliable. One can often get a clearer picture by comparing
>> statistics from multiple sources. Net Applications, which also provides
>> monthly operating system market share statistics, shows Linux at 0.77
>> percent in August and Windows 98 at 0.98 percent.
>
> That ties in with the BBC's figures of 0.8%. Anecdotal evidence suggests
> Linux to be less than 1% on desktops.
>
>
>> Although the popularity of Linux still doesn't rival that of Mac OS X
>> or Windows on the desktop, the open-source operating system is
>> accumulating broader industry support, a factor that could potentially
>> lead to modest market share increases in the coming months. Dell, HP,
>> and Lenovo are all offering Linux preinstalled on desktop or laptop
>> systems in select markets, available to end users, and reportedly well-
>> configured. We have some coming into the lab for a test, so stay tuned.
>> -
>> How Can Linux Market Share Be Accurately Measured? listen
>>
>> Friday October 26, 2007 12:34PM
>> by Caitlyn Martin in Articles
>>
>> eWeek ran an article yesterday titled Linux Losing Market Share to
>> Windows Server. The article quoted IDC sales figures.
>
> It doesn't need to be accurate. Everyone knows its "around" the 1% mark
> (I think less) since just peering over shoulders shows Linux to be
> almost no where. If the advocates in COLA stopped telling lies and tried
> some real advocacy then maybe this would change.

Except that the Linux server market share AND installed base is MUCH
larger than the "desktop" market share and user base. And everyone knows
that, except maybe you.



--
Rick

On Wed, 21 May 2008 05:58:58 -0500, Rick wrote:

> On Wed, 21 May 2008 12:16:58 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> raylopez99 writes:
>>
>>> Yep, Linux is dead. Long live Linux. And Amiga. And 8-track
>>> cassettes. And disco.
>>>
>>> RL
>>>
>>> Recent statistics released by W3Counter reveal that the market share of
>>> Windows 98 fell from 1.44 percent to 1.34 percent in August, reducing
>>> it to the same level of popularity as the open source Linux operating
>>> system, which saw its market share increase from 1.33 to 1.34 in the
>>> same period. If the steady downward trend in Windows 98's market share
>>> continues, the popularity of Linux will soon surpass that of
>>> Microsoft's outdated, nine-year-old Windows version.
>>>
>>> This is a somewhat empty victory for Linux enthusiasts, who have been
>>> predicting the imminent arrival of the mythical "year of the Linux
>>> desktop" for as long as I've been a Linux user. Linux's 1.34 percent
>>> market share falls far short of the rosy 2008 estimates made by Siemens
>>> in 2003.
>>>
>>> The W3Counter's statistics, which are based on the web browser user
>>> agent text of 33 million unique visitors to over 5 thousand web sites,
>>> also show that Mac OS X (3.73 percent) is still more popular than
>>> Windows Vista (3.46 percent) and is quickly catching up to Windows 2000
>>> (3.94 percent). Within a year, we expect Vista to surpass both of these
>>> readily.
>>>
>>> Although market share statistics can provide valuable insight into
>>> software adoption trends, no method of gathering such information is
>>> completely reliable. One can often get a clearer picture by comparing
>>> statistics from multiple sources. Net Applications, which also provides
>>> monthly operating system market share statistics, shows Linux at 0.77
>>> percent in August and Windows 98 at 0.98 percent.
>>
>> That ties in with the BBC's figures of 0.8%. Anecdotal evidence suggests
>> Linux to be less than 1% on desktops.
>>
>>
>>> Although the popularity of Linux still doesn't rival that of Mac OS X
>>> or Windows on the desktop, the open-source operating system is
>>> accumulating broader industry support, a factor that could potentially
>>> lead to modest market share increases in the coming months. Dell, HP,
>>> and Lenovo are all offering Linux preinstalled on desktop or laptop
>>> systems in select markets, available to end users, and reportedly well-
>>> configured. We have some coming into the lab for a test, so stay tuned.
>>> -
>>> How Can Linux Market Share Be Accurately Measured? listen
>>>
>>> Friday October 26, 2007 12:34PM
>>> by Caitlyn Martin in Articles
>>>
>>> eWeek ran an article yesterday titled Linux Losing Market Share to
>>> Windows Server. The article quoted IDC sales figures.
>>
>> It doesn't need to be accurate. Everyone knows its "around" the 1% mark
>> (I think less) since just peering over shoulders shows Linux to be
>> almost no where. If the advocates in COLA stopped telling lies and tried
>> some real advocacy then maybe this would change.
>
> Except that the Linux server market share AND installed base is MUCH
> larger than the "desktop" market share and user base. And everyone knows
> that, except maybe you.

Didn't you know? Quack's "Mr Know-it-All", except he knows nothing. I see
the berk's still clinging to his 1% mantra, & his faith in the BBC website
figures is rather touching, isn't it.

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"Rick" wrote in message
news:UPydnZ-91OfvnanVnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d@supernews.com...
> On Wed, 21 May 2008 12:16:58 +0200, Hadron wrote:
>
>> raylopez99 writes:
>>
>>> Yep, Linux is dead. Long live Linux. And Amiga. And 8-track
>>> cassettes. And disco.
>>>
>>> RL
>>>
>>> Recent statistics released by W3Counter reveal that the market share of
>>> Windows 98 fell from 1.44 percent to 1.34 percent in August, reducing
>>> it to the same level of popularity as the open source Linux operating
>>> system, which saw its market share increase from 1.33 to 1.34 in the
>>> same period. If the steady downward trend in Windows 98's market share
>>> continues, the popularity of Linux will soon surpass that of
>>> Microsoft's outdated, nine-year-old Windows version.
>>>
>>> This is a somewhat empty victory for Linux enthusiasts, who have been
>>> predicting the imminent arrival of the mythical "year of the Linux
>>> desktop" for as long as I've been a Linux user. Linux's 1.34 percent
>>> market share falls far short of the rosy 2008 estimates made by Siemens
>>> in 2003.
>>>
>>> The W3Counter's statistics, which are based on the web browser user
>>> agent text of 33 million unique visitors to over 5 thousand web sites,
>>> also show that Mac OS X (3.73 percent) is still more popular than
>>> Windows Vista (3.46 percent) and is quickly catching up to Windows 2000
>>> (3.94 percent). Within a year, we expect Vista to surpass both of these
>>> readily.
>>>
>>> Although market share statistics can provide valuable insight into
>>> software adoption trends, no method of gathering such information is
>>> completely reliable. One can often get a clearer picture by comparing
>>> statistics from multiple sources. Net Applications, which also provides
>>> monthly operating system market share statistics, shows Linux at 0.77
>>> percent in August and Windows 98 at 0.98 percent.
>>
>> That ties in with the BBC's figures of 0.8%. Anecdotal evidence suggests
>> Linux to be less than 1% on desktops.
>>
>>
>>> Although the popularity of Linux still doesn't rival that of Mac OS X
>>> or Windows on the desktop, the open-source operating system is
>>> accumulating broader industry support, a factor that could potentially
>>> lead to modest market share increases in the coming months. Dell, HP,
>>> and Lenovo are all offering Linux preinstalled on desktop or laptop
>>> systems in select markets, available to end users, and reportedly well-
>>> configured. We have some coming into the lab for a test, so stay tuned.
>>> -
>>> How Can Linux Market Share Be Accurately Measured? listen
>>>
>>> Friday October 26, 2007 12:34PM
>>> by Caitlyn Martin in Articles
>>>
>>> eWeek ran an article yesterday titled Linux Losing Market Share to
>>> Windows Server. The article quoted IDC sales figures.
>>
>> It doesn't need to be accurate. Everyone knows its "around" the 1% mark
>> (I think less) since just peering over shoulders shows Linux to be
>> almost no where. If the advocates in COLA stopped telling lies and tried
>> some real advocacy then maybe this would change.
>
> Except that the Linux server market share AND installed base is MUCH
> larger than the "desktop" market share and user base. And everyone knows
> that, except maybe you.

Linux has done well as a free replacement for Unix in the server room. But
even Linus admits that the desktop is the holy grail and is all that he's
interested in. His reasoning is that for every server there are 100-200
desktops.



> --
> Rick


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On May 21, 4:43*am, "Ezekiel" wrote:
>
> Linux has done well as a free replacement for Unix in the server room. But
> even Linus admits that the desktop is the holy grail and is all that he's
> interested in. His reasoning is that for every server there are 100-200
> desktops.
>

Yes, and once MSFT perfects their licensed virtualization product (or
VMWare does, and/or if MSFT buys and licenses it), then every user can
have any OS on their desktop to their heart's content, including Mac,
Windows, PS/2, Unix, Linux, BeOS, Amiga, Dr. Dos simulation, IBM 360-
os, and probably a half dozen others. As long as these users pay
their licensing fee to Microsoft that is.

And that's the way I like it.

Ray Lopez

A MSFT shareholder.

On May 21, 6:32*am, High Plains Thumper
wrote:
> raylopez99 wrote:
> > Yep, Linux is dead. *Long live Linux. *And Amiga. *And 8-track
> > *cassettes. *And disco.
>
>
>
> > The W3Counter's statistics, which are based on the web browser
> > user agent text of 33 million unique visitors to over 5
> > thousand web sites, also show that Mac OS X (3.73 percent) is
> > still more popular than Windows Vista (3.46 percent) and is
> > quickly catching up to Windows 2000 (3.94 percent). Within a
> > year, we expect Vista to surpass both of these readily.
>
> Fallacy of using the W3 Schools statistics only takes into
> account a small sampling of websites, does not correctly tally
> Linux and Unix computers identified as Windows computers, to gain
> access to Windows only accessibility requirements. *It also does
> not take into account proxy access, which an IP address may be
> used multiple times by multiple machines.
>

Proxy access affects all OSes equally. So, this does not affect the
Linux count any more than it affects Windows. Or Mac OS X. And so very
few websites have Windows only accessibility requirements any more. So
there would be a small margin of error, but that's in any sampling.
You have yet to show why web stats are invalid. Try again nymshifter.

Hadron wrote:

> It doesn't need to be accurate. Everyone knows its "around" the 1%
> mark (I think less) since just peering over shoulders shows Linux to be
> almost no where. If the advocates in COLA stopped telling lies and tried
> some real advocacy then maybe this would change.

You wouldn't know advocacy if it bit you on the ass, Quack, so stfu.
--
Regards,
[tv]

....Beware Romulans baring GIFs.

Owner/Proprietor, Cheesus Crust Pizza Company
Good to the last supper

cc writes:

> On May 21, 6:32Â*am, High Plains Thumper
> wrote:
>> raylopez99 wrote:
>> > Yep, Linux is dead. Â*Long live Linux. Â*And Amiga. Â*And 8-track
>> > Â*cassettes. Â*And disco.
>>
>>
>>
>> > The W3Counter's statistics, which are based on the web browser
>> > user agent text of 33 million unique visitors to over 5
>> > thousand web sites, also show that Mac OS X (3.73 percent) is
>> > still more popular than Windows Vista (3.46 percent) and is
>> > quickly catching up to Windows 2000 (3.94 percent). Within a
>> > year, we expect Vista to surpass both of these readily.
>>
>> Fallacy of using the W3 Schools statistics only takes into
>> account a small sampling of websites, does not correctly tally
>> Linux and Unix computers identified as Windows computers, to gain
>> access to Windows only accessibility requirements. Â*It also does
>> not take into account proxy access, which an IP address may be
>> used multiple times by multiple machines.
>>
>
> Proxy access affects all OSes equally. So, this does not affect the
> Linux count any more than it affects Windows. Or Mac OS X. And so very
> few websites have Windows only accessibility requirements any more. So
> there would be a small margin of error, but that's in any sampling.
> You have yet to show why web stats are invalid. Try again nymshifter.

The idiot known as HPT (for now) also forgets that W3Schools is more likely to
have Linux visitors as Linux visitors tend to be more technically
orientated.

--
If you take both of those factors together then WinXP is a flop, selling
*less* than Win 98 by a factor of two.
comp.os.linux.advocacy - where they the lunacy in advocacy

raylopez99 wrote:

> On May 21, 4:43Â*am, "Ezekiel" wrote:
>>
>> Linux has done well as a free replacement for Unix in the server room.
>> But even Linus admits that the desktop is the holy grail and is all that
>> he's interested in. His reasoning is that for every server there are
>> 100-200 desktops.
>>
>
> Yes, and once MSFT perfects their licensed virtualization product (or
> VMWare does, and/or if MSFT buys and licenses it), then every user can
> have any OS on their desktop to their heart's content, including Mac,
> Windows, PS/2, Unix, Linux, BeOS, Amiga, Dr. Dos simulation, IBM 360-
> os, and probably a half dozen others. As long as these users pay
> their licensing fee to Microsoft that is.
>
> And that's the way I like it.
>
> Ray Lopez
>
> A MSFT shareholder.

Wishful thinking par excellence!

>Hadron quacked:
>
>> It doesn't need to be accurate. Everyone knows its "around" the 1%
>> mark (I think less) since just peering over shoulders shows Linux to be
>> almost no where. If the advocates in COLA stopped telling lies and tried
>> some real advocacy then maybe this would change.

Listen up, ****head. A bald-faced LIAR like you has got no right to
be pointing fingers at others. What filthy liars like you call "lies"
from the advocates are often merely arguable estimates.

Just because some advocates may be a bit unrealistic does mean "the
advocates are telling lies", you fscking POS.

chrisv wrote:
>> Hadron quacked:
>>
>>> It doesn't need to be accurate. Everyone knows its "around" the 1%
>>> mark (I think less) since just peering over shoulders shows Linux
>>> to be almost no where. If the advocates in COLA stopped telling
>>> lies and tried some real advocacy then maybe this would change.
>
> Listen up, ****head. A bald-faced LIAR like you has got no right to
> be pointing fingers at others. What filthy liars like you call "lies"
> from the advocates are often merely arguable estimates.

lmao!


> Just because some advocates may be a bit unrealistic

Yeah, just a wee bit.



> does mean "the advocates are telling lies"

Hey, you got something right for a change! Good job, moron!



>, you fscking POS.

chrisv, you're a petulant loser in real life every bit as much as you're a
petulant loser on cola.

SomeBloke wrote:

>> Ray Lopez
>>
>> A MSFT shareholder.
>
>Wishful thinking par excellence!

Does the trolling fsckwit want a cookie because he owns some M$ stock?

>
> A MSFT shareholder.

Stock quotes, May 21, 2008 vs 1 year ago (source: Yahoo finance)
First today, next a year ago, then percentage change

MSFT 28.80 31.05 -7%
AAPL 187.5 111.98 +67%
GOOG 577 470 +23%

Keep those MSFT shares!

On Wed, 21 May 2008 07:43:03 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:


> Linux has done well as a free replacement for Unix in the server room. But
> even Linus admits that the desktop is the holy grail and is all that he's
> interested in. His reasoning is that for every server there are 100-200
> desktops.

Redhat admitted that there is no market for desktop Linux which is why it
stopped producing it.

Smart move on the part of Redhat.



--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

On Wed, 21 May 2008 14:21:04 +0200, Hadron wrote:



> The idiot known as HPT (for now) also forgets that W3Schools is more likely to
> have Linux visitors as Linux visitors tend to be more technically
> orientated.

Especially with all of these articles posted in COLA about Linux taking
over school districts and the educational system.

See how the Linux loons talk out of both sides of their pus filled mouths?


--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

On Wed, 21 May 2008 04:53:32 -0700, raylopez99 wrote:

> On May 21, 4:43Â*am, "Ezekiel" wrote:
>>
>> Linux has done well as a free replacement for Unix in the server room.
>> But even Linus admits that the desktop is the holy grail and is all
>> that he's interested in. His reasoning is that for every server there
>> are 100-200 desktops.
>>
>>
> Yes, and once MSFT perfects their licensed virtualization product (or
> VMWare does, and/or if MSFT buys and licenses it), then every user can
> have any OS on their desktop to their heart's content, including Mac,
> Windows, PS/2, Unix, Linux, BeOS, Amiga, Dr. Dos simulation, IBM 360-
> os, and probably a half dozen others. As long as these users pay their
> licensing fee to Microsoft that is.

Really... let us know how everyone is going to be able to run OS X .

And, using VMWare or Virtualbox, Most people can run a number of
operating systems now.

>
> And that's the way I like it.

Who cares what you like.

>
> Ray Lopez
>
> A MSFT shareholder.

Who cares that you are a Microsoft shareholder?

--
Rick

On Wed, 21 May 2008 12:15:06 -0400, Moshe. Goldfarb wrote:

> On Wed, 21 May 2008 07:43:03 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
>
>
>> Linux has done well as a free replacement for Unix in the server room.
>> But even Linus admits that the desktop is the holy grail and is all
>> that he's interested in. His reasoning is that for every server there
>> are 100-200 desktops.
>
> Redhat admitted that there is no market for desktop Linux which is why
> it stopped producing it.
>
> Smart move on the part of Redhat.

.... which why they are still producing desktop Linux...

--
Rick

Moshe. Goldfarb wrote:
> Hadron wrote:
>
>> The idiot known as HPT (for now) also forgets that W3Schools
>> is more likely to have Linux visitors as Linux visitors tend
>> to be more technically orientated.

HPT filling in as proxy during Peter Kohlmann's absence:

Way to go Hadron, "Usenet etiquette provocateur", "true Linux
advocate", "Debian distro governor", "kernel hacker", "emacs
user", "swapfile expert", "X specialist", "CUPS guru", "USB-disk
server admin", "defragger professional", "newsreader magician",
"hardware maven", "time coordinator", "email sage" and "OSS
culling committee chairman" Hadron Quark, aka Hans Schneider, aka
Richard, aka Damian O'Leary.

Not true. Look at the demography:

http://w3schools.com/about/about_pagehits.asp

Visitors Demographics
Origin Percent
United States 42.1 %
India 10.1 %
United Kingdom 8.0 %
Canada 4.7 %
Netherlands 2.5 %
Australia 2.3 %
Germany 2.0 %
Sweden 1.7 %
France 1.7 %
Spain 1.4 %
Italy 1.3 %
Singapore 1.3 %
Brazil 1.2 %
Philippines 1.1 %
Hong Kong 1.1 %
Poland 1.0 %

US has greatest number of visits at 42.1%, which is heavily
Windows oriented. Other countries that have a higher Linux and
Unix count are under represented. Not all access the internet
has heavily as the US. Therefore, to utilise such statistics as
indicative of Linux installed base leads to erroneous results.

> Especially with all of these articles posted in COLA about
> Linux taking over school districts and the educational system.
>
> See how the Linux loons talk out of both sides of their pus
> filled mouths?

Interesting that PhlatPhish must resort to potty mouth tactics to
express an opinion, because he has nothing worthy to say.

--
HPT

cc wrote:
> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>
>> Fallacy of using the W3 Schools statistics only takes into
>> account a small sampling of websites, does not correctly
>> tally Linux and Unix computers identified as Windows
>> computers, to gain access to Windows only accessibility
>> requirements. It also does not take into account proxy
>> access, which an IP address may be used multiple times by
>> multiple machines.
>
> Proxy access affects all OSes equally. So, this does not
> affect the Linux count any more than it affects Windows. Or
> Mac OS X. And so very few websites have Windows only
> accessibility requirements any more. So there would be a small
> margin of error, but that's in any sampling. You have yet to
> show why web stats are invalid. Try again nymshifter.

Well, have another troll with a problem of illiteracy, who homes
in on one small item and ignores the post in total. Then must
use insulting language to show his obnoxiousness.

>> FALLACY OF USING THE W3 SCHOOLS STATISTICS ONLY TAKES INTO
>> ACCOUNT A SMALL SAMPLING OF WEBSITES, DOES NOT CORRECTLY
>> TALLY LINUX AND UNIX COMPUTERS IDENTIFIED AS WINDOWS
>> COMPUTERS, TO GAIN ACCESS TO WINDOWS ONLY ACCESSIBILITY
>> REQUIREMENTS.

http://w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp

Statistics Are Often Misleading

You cannot - as a web developer - rely only on statistics.
Statistics can often be misleading.

Global averages may not always be relevant to your web site.
Different sites attract different audiences. Some web sites
attract professional developers using professional hardware,
while other sites attract hobbyists using old low spec computers.

Quotes

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics."
Benjamin Disraeli

OTOH, perhaps Microsoft is giving a boost to Apple, to increase
OSX count over Linux:

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...0914&SiteID=17

Pete of New Hamphire

Windows SP3 operating system identification error

Downloaded and successfully installed SP3. System shutdown and
restarted as required. Restart was successful.

I then tried to go back to the update page to see if any
additional updates exist. The MS Update page identified my
operating system as a Mac system and provided the link to the MAC
site for update purposes.

The message reads: Thank you for your interest in obtaining
updates from our site. This website is designed to work with
Microsoft Windows operating systems only. To find updates for
Microsoft products that are designed for Macintosh operating
systems, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/mac/.

My system is an XP Pro on a Dell 670

How can this be corrected?

--
HPT
Quando omni flunkus moritati
(If all else fails, play dead)
- "Red" Green