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   Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:58:07 -0500   
   From: Linuxiac <"at yahoo.com ">   
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   Subject: Re: So how many people use ubuntu?   
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   Kelsey Bjarnason wrote:   
   > On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:10:41 +1000, lesbian Hitler wrote:   
   >    
   >> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:24:15 +0000, dave wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "lesbian Hitler"  wrote in   
   >>> news:XtOdnXBn-Na3YH_YnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@adnap.net.au:    
   >>>   
   >>>> Someone somewhere must at least be able to estimate how many different   
   >>>> IPs log into the standard universe, multiverse, main and restricted   
   >>>> repositories.    
   >>>>   
   >>>> Would it be in the tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Is it   
   >>>> anywhere near a million yet?   
   >>>>   
   >>> who cares?   
   >>   
   >> Anybody interested in doing business with ubuntu linux users I guess.   
   >    
   > Strikes me as a bit of a silly notion, focusing on a single distro like   
   > that when with a modicum of thought one should be able to market to Linux   
   > users in general.   
   >    
   >    
   Ubuntu statistics released O/A Jan 1, 2007, were that over 8 million    
   were served.   
      
   If doing business with users of GNU/Linux, the best bet is to give any    
   code over to the Kernel Foundation Technical Group for the development    
   of driver(s).  Answer the call to give up the minimal ports/address    
   data, and necessary info, to the driver teams, for FREE development of    
   all needed interface drivers for all GNU/Linux distros!   
      
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