Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Odd]

Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2009 22:33:13 +0200
> Odd <iodine at runbox.no> wrote:
> 
>> That's your opinion, not a fact. I consider every Linux distro
>> "Linux". Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu. They're all Linux.
> 
> That is, of course, true, but only those distros which are for sale may
> truly claim 'market share'.  They also have each their /own/ market
> share, not Linux.  Linux has no market share at all, being free.  It
> has a user base instead.  A user base is virtually impossible to
> enumerate, particularly if its OS is openly available for sharing.

True. I've seen user base numbers based on browser ID strings
from visits to popular web sites.I don't know how reliable these
numbers are though. Last I saw, Linux user base was 1% of the
desktop OS market. But my guess is that you can probably
add a couple of percent points to this.

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Odd