From: Michael C Landauer (mlandaue@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu)
Date: 05/01/93


From: mlandaue@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael C Landauer)
Subject: Re: Estimate of # of Linux users?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 08:43:30 GMT

fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu (David Fox) writes:

> >Is there a consensus estimate on the number of people currently using
> >Linux? Obviously, I'm not looking for a precise figure, just a guess.

> I've heard numbers like:
> 5 million Linux users
> 3.5 Million 386 BSD users

>This is, of course, absurd.

Absurd? Yes.

I've heard there are only about 3 million OS/2 users, and I somehow doubt
there are more Linux users (or 386 BSD users) than OS/2 users.

Of course I could be wrong.

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