Subj : Re: Community
To   : boraxman
From : DustCouncil
Date : Thu Oct 06 2022 17:19:05

 bo>  te> More argument from anecdote. This is a well-known logical
 bo>  te> fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_anecdote

 bo> You're argumentation style is really nothing but trying to find
 bo> technicalities to nit-pick on, while militantly trying to avoid
 bo> understanding what is being meant.

Either saying Linux *is* or *is not* niche is argument-from-anecdote.  Absent statistics gathered in a way everyone is happy with, there's no index to verify either claim.

Anecdotally, in the quarter century I've been at this job, in a technical company with several hundred thousands of employees (you have all heard of it), I have never encountered a Linux desktop.  Servers, yes.  Android, yes.

We did used to have SunOS/Solaris + CDE, but it was for specific enterprise applications which, at the time, only ran on that platform.  That was on the desk in the pizza box form factor, under monitors, with a KVM switch we used to switch to the Windows boxes under our desks, for e-mail and everything else.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/218089/global-market-share-of-windows-7/

I've never seen a survey like this which indicated there was much use of desktop Linux.  Be absolutely happy to take a look at one if someone has one.

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