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Many people view webstats with a jaundiced eye--with good reason. (page)[1][2]
Linux advocate Robert Pogson finds these statistics interesting; while not taking the numbers as gospel, he finds the trends to be fascinating. In recent weeks, he noticed an upward trend in online Linux usage numbers that has continued.[3]
oiaohm,[4] in the 3rd comment,[2] suspects there is a correlation with the revelation of the preinstalled Superfish malware on Lenovo consumer PCs, with owners apparently abandoning their manufacturer-supplied "recovery" mechanisms, defecting from Redmond's easily-exploited OS, and going instead for Linux install media.
So, Soylentils, any other guesses on a cause? Any estimates on how long the current trend will last? Will it then decrease or increase?
- [1] The comment that was referenced was quickly removed by Ziff-Davis from their site, of course.
- [2] Comments on Pogson's blog are numbered top-to-bottom but appear chronologically bottom-to-top.
- [3] Did Internet Exploder ever get .SVG support?
- [4] oiaohm is a very knowledgeable guy but his dyslexia can make his writing difficult to decipher.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Nerdfest on Sunday March 08 2015, @04:34AM
Corporate IT wants a single image that can be deployed and managed for all users, and that is quite easy with Linux. They also want security and stability, which Linux covers quite nicely. Also, if a company is not from the US, claims it cares about security and then uses Windows, it's not thinking very clearly. The fact that non-US governments use Windows is completely beyond me.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Whoever on Sunday March 08 2015, @06:55AM
Many years with the availability of alternatives to Windows show that Corporate IT doesn't really care about security. Yes, there is a lot of lip service paid to security, but in the end, what they really want is to be able to pass the blame elsewhere.