The 1% Logical Fallacy

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Many Micro$lut fanboys keep ranting and raving about how the fact that
Linux has less than 1% of the market share therefore means that Linux is
a crappy OS.

Not true and that's a logical fallacy.

Examples:

Rolls Royce has less than 1% of the car market but that doesn't make the
Rolls a bad car.

Alienware has less than 1% of the computer market but that doesn't make
Alienware a bad computer.

Private planes have less than 1% of the market but that doesn't mean
owning a private plane is a bad thing.

Less than 1% of the men in the world are married to a beautiful woman
but that doesn't necessarily mean that being married to a beautiful
woman is a bad thing.

Less than 1% of the American public knows how to wind surf. That doesn't
mean that wind surfing is a bad thing.

So, the next time you fanboys and girls think you are proving something
with your 1% trip, think again because the main reason Ubuntu is less
than 1% is because most people have never heard of it not because it's a
bad OS.

Alias
 
Alias said:
Many Micro$lut fanboys keep ranting and raving about how the fact that
Linux has less than 1% of the market share therefore means that Linux is a
crappy OS.

Not true and that's a logical fallacy.

Examples:

Rolls Royce has less than 1% of the car market but that doesn't make the
Rolls a bad car.
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Could you imagine if Rolls Royce was FREE and still had less than 1% of the
market? That would make the product a piece of Crap. Ubuntu is FREE and
Ubuntu has less than 1% of the market. Ubuntu has been FREE for years. If
the product was good, word of mouth would spread like wildfire and EVERYBODY
would be using it. Users would ditch Windows like a cheap suit. Guess
what? They don't ditch Windows. Ubuntu is crap and EVERYBODY knows it
(Except Alias) What a fool.

Alienware has less than 1% of the computer market but that doesn't make
Alienware a bad computer.
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Could you imagine if Alienware was FREE and still had less than 1% of the
market? That would make the product a piece of Crap. Ubuntu is FREE and
Ubuntu has less than 1% of the market. Ubuntu has been FREE for years. If
the product was good, word of mouth would spread like wildfire and EVERYBODY
would be using it. Users would ditch Windows like a cheap suit. Guess
what? They don't ditch Windows. Ubuntu is crap and EVERYBODY knows it
(Except Alias) What a fool.
Less than 1% of the men in the world are married to a beautiful woman but
that doesn't necessarily mean that being married to a beautiful woman is a
bad thing.
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Quite a few beautiful women know they are beautiful and also have low self
asteem. Quite a few beautiful women use their beauty to drain men of all
their assets. Come to think of it, Ubuntu is FREE and Ubuntu will drain
your time with that piece of shit OS.

Less than 1% of the American public knows how to wind surf. That doesn't
mean that wind surfing is a bad thing.
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Just think how many Americans would wind surf if there was an announcement
that Wind Surfing and the product to allow you to windsurf was FREE. The
number would jump very high very fast. Now imagine if Ubuntu was FREE
(oops, I think it is) and just think how many people still think Ubuntu is a
piece of shit?
 
measekite's psychiatrist said:
Could you imagine if Rolls Royce was FREE and still had less than 1% of the
market? That would make the product a piece of Crap. Ubuntu is FREE and
Ubuntu has less than 1% of the market. Ubuntu has been FREE for years. If
the product was good, word of mouth would spread like wildfire and EVERYBODY
would be using it. Users would ditch Windows like a cheap suit. Guess
what? They don't ditch Windows. Ubuntu is crap and EVERYBODY knows it
(Except Alias) What a fool.



Could you imagine if Alienware was FREE and still had less than 1% of the
market? That would make the product a piece of Crap. Ubuntu is FREE and
Ubuntu has less than 1% of the market. Ubuntu has been FREE for years. If
the product was good, word of mouth would spread like wildfire and EVERYBODY
would be using it. Users would ditch Windows like a cheap suit. Guess
what? They don't ditch Windows. Ubuntu is crap and EVERYBODY knows it
(Except Alias) What a fool.


Quite a few beautiful women know they are beautiful and also have low self
asteem. Quite a few beautiful women use their beauty to drain men of all
their assets. Come to think of it, Ubuntu is FREE and Ubuntu will drain
your time with that piece of shit OS.



Just think how many Americans would wind surf if there was an announcement
that Wind Surfing and the product to allow you to windsurf was FREE. The
number would jump very high very fast. Now imagine if Ubuntu was FREE
(oops, I think it is) and just think how many people still think Ubuntu is a
piece of shit?
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Yawn. I've already replied to your lame points. You obviously don't know
what you're talking about but what else is new?

Alias
 
Alias said:
Yawn. I've already replied to your lame points. You obviously don't know
what you're talking about but what else is new?

Alias
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You keep trying to push your crappy OS but I have news for you. NOBODY
wants Ubuntu or Linux. Especially here in vista land.

Get over it.
 
Alias said:
Over ten million users disagree with you. Ubuntu has doubled its user base
since its inception. Windows has lost market share. Do the math if you can
(you can't).

Alias
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You think that because 10 million users have downloaded Ubuntu, there are 10
million copies running. That is far from the truth. Out of those 10
million downloads, maybe 100,000 are activly using it on the desktop.
 
measekite's psychiatrist said:
You think that because 10 million users have downloaded Ubuntu, there are 10
million copies running. That is far from the truth. Out of those 10
million downloads, maybe 100,000 are activly using it on the desktop.
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The figure comes from Net usage, dimwit.

I have a copy of Vista on the shelf that was once installed and
activated but I can't be counted as a Vista user although I am sure I am.

Alias
 
Alias said:
The figure comes from Net usage, dimwit.
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and how do they figure that one out? Since there is no activation, sounds
like a snow job.
 
measekite's psychiatrist said:
and how do they figure that one out? Since there is no activation, sounds
like a snow job.
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Smoke some pot and then see if you understand.

Alias
 
Em Quinta, 15 de Janeiro de 2009 16:16, Alias escreveu:
Less than 1% of the American public knows how to wind surf. That doesn't
mean that wind surfing is a bad thing.
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Humm, but they thing they know how to goto the moon...
 
Bob Campbell said:
Exactly. If Linux cost $250,000 a copy, then Linux would have an excuse
for having such a small market share. When it is free, you have no
excuse except that the product sucks and no one wants it.
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Well, it's a bit more complicated than that. There are other
possibilities, such as that the product is good, but isn't always that easy
to use, or won't run specific software. That's the case for me - some
software that I need to run for work doesn't and won't ever exist on Linux,
so we can't use Linux, period.

-pk
 
Bob Campbell said:
Both of those fall under "the product sucks".
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Not really. It's a question of suitability to purpose, which isn't the
same thing at all.

To use another example, a DB9 is completely inadequate if what you need a
car for is transporting kids and gear to hockey practice.

But that doesn't mean it sucks; it's just the wrong tool for the task at
hand.

So that makes Linux useless - for you and 99% of the computing world.

Again, when a product is free and no one wants it, there has to be a
reason. You just listed the most common reasons: not easy to use, no
software available.
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Lots of people, and companies, do want and use Linux. For them, Linux
isn't without costs, it's just that the costs aren't for the license.

-pk
 
Patrick Keenan said:
Not really. It's a question of suitability to purpose, which isn't the
same thing at all.

To use another example, a DB9 is completely inadequate if what you need a
car for is transporting kids and gear to hockey practice.

But that doesn't mean it sucks; it's just the wrong tool for the task at
hand.
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OK- It doesn't suck. It's just the WRONG TOOL for 99.9999999% of the
Earth's population.
 
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