Re: Quantative Measure of People Still Using 98?
98 Guy <98@Guy.com> wrote in news:48AF8757.1F5A0830@Guy.com:
> Smith wrote:
>
>> This presents a legitimate question for software
>> developers updating their programs.
>
> http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php
>
> 1 Windows XP 77.16%
> 2 Windows Vista 8.88%
> 3 Mac OS X 4.58%
> 4 Windows 2000 2.86%
> 5 Linux 1.91%
> 6 Windows 98 0.86%
> 7 Windows 2003 0.73%
> 8 Windows ME 0.32%
> 9 SymbianOS 0.05%
> 10 Windows NT 0.04%
>
> Records seem to go back only to May 2007. Win-98 fell
> below 1% usage in April 2008.
>
> This page:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_desktop_operatin
> g_systems
>
> lists several sources and puts current 98 usage at anywhere
> from 0.4% to 0.9% (as above).
>
> This page:
>
> http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp
>
> is putting 98 share at 0.2%, which I doubt is that low.
> Historically for the last few years, win-98 useage seems to
> be about 1/3 of win-2k usage (which is currently about
> 2.8%).
>
> A big deal was made (by some) when Linux usage had tied
> with Win-98 at 1.34%, which seemed to happen last
> September.
>
HEY! I am using 95B goddamit! Iknow there's only about 30 of us,
but don't we rate even a .003%?
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