[Leaplist] FC6 hit 1 million users under 75 days

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Ray Brunkow wrote:
> http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/15/2137215&tid=107&tid=12
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Statistics
>
> /"When Fedora released Fedora Core 6 late last year, the team decided 
> to track the number of users 
> <http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/15/2137215&tid=107&tid=12> 
> with unique IP addresses who connected to yum in search of updates for 
> a new installation of FC6. According to the data they collected 
> <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Statistics>, FC6 crossed the 
> one-million user mark in just 74 days. Fedora Project Leader Max 
> Spevack says that while it's great to use metrics to better understand 
> what users want, the real value lies in its ability to encourage 
> hardware vendors to more offer more Linux-oriented goods and services. 
> Spevack told Linux.com: '[W]e always say we wish hardware vendors had 
> more [Linux-capable] drivers. Well, if you can go to them and say, 
> "Hey, there's millions of people using this," then maybe they will 
> listen. In the real world, you need data to prove your case. Well, 
> here it is.'"
>
> /Very nice to see that Linux is really starting to take off, not just 
> as a "hobby" OS, but as a real competitor with MS and other options.  
> Now just for the desktop vs and hardware OEMs to wake up to this fact 
> and start putting out better drivers, etc...
>
> Things like this from RH can go a long way in getting things moving in 
> that direction I hope.
> -- 
> Raymond L. Brunkow
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Ubuntu counted 8 million users, based upon mail outs and downloads to 
unique individuals by name, address, or IP address.  Seems no one is 
impressed enough to challenge their deal with the Evil Empire! 

Sooner or later it will 'out', that monopolistic trust agreements 
imposed by M$ prevent vendors from sourcing to the FOSS community.

Somebody on the 'inside' will have to squeal, sooner or later.