From: Lawrence C. Foard (lfoard@hopper.Virginia.EDU)
Date: 05/04/93


From: lfoard@hopper.Virginia.EDU (Lawrence C. Foard)
Subject: Re: Estimate of # of Linux users?
Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 08:54:49 GMT

In article <C6CAwI.CsK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mlandaue@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael C Landauer) writes:
>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.

I wouldn't be surprised, I know a dozen linux users, only 1 OS/2
use. But then I tend to hang around with people with IQ's over
100 :-)

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