Re: Maxima digest, Vol 1 #160 - 11 msgs



RJF wrote:
> I think that here at Berkeley, Windows is far more common than Linux.
> 
> RJF

But among all the university computers only a few are used for 
technical problems.  

I can offer this estimate somewhat better adapted concerning the OS 
of choice of potential CA users. 
We monitor Web pages announcing an astronomy Winter School.  
Typical visitors are PhD astronomers, that is rather young people 
from developed countries frequently dealing with applied math.  
After 2,084 total hits, we obtain the following OS frequencies:

UNIX (Linux)             40.36%   841
UNIX (SunOS)             30.76%   641
UNIX (Other/Unspecified)  7.63%   159
Windows 98                5.28%   110
Windows 95                3.45%    72
Windows 2000              3.41%    71
Windows NT                2.88%    60
UNIX (HP-UX)              2.83%    59
Unknown Platform          2.26%    47
Windows 16-bit            0.67%    14
Macintosh (PowerPC)       0.48%    10

It is clear that the OS of choice for > 80% of such scientifically oriented 
users is Unix, with a dominance of Linux.

Of course this estimate could be improved by targeting the audience closer 
to real CA users. 

	Daniel Pfenniger