• Methio@jlai.lu
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    11 hours ago

    Just note how the guy starts with “only Microsoft numbers can be trusted” is biased bullshit. Pretending a company will give true numbers at all time, is a big lie. If anything they will inflate numbers and they’d try to hide the truth as much as they can because investors are watching.

    While there will be truth in bots taking a part of the traffic, the whole article is Microsoft bootlicker talk.

    Taking another random tool that seems to filter bot for results is just him trying to get a confirmation for his bias.

    Yes a 10% stat at a given time by a given measurement tool, is not equal to a true 10% userbase. Yes there are bots. Yes there are Linux and Windows zombies alike.

    Still, linux desktop is going up, with a fraction of the marketing power Windows and Apple have.

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      6 hours ago

      Just note how the guy starts with “only Microsoft numbers can be trusted” is biased bullshit.

      I would argue misquoting someone to fit your argument is more a egregious example of “biased bullshit”.

      Only Microsoft or OEM partners can tell you with the highest accuracy how many people use Windows now versus five years ago.

      This is literally true. They’re not saying they WILL tell you the accurate numbers, they’re saying only they have those numbers to tell.

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      10 hours ago

      Still, linux desktop is going up, with a fraction of the marketing power Windows and Apple have.

      This isn’t entirely true. Linux is getting a lot of help from Microsoft. <wink wink>

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      10 hours ago

      FWIW this website is always like this, every article I’ve read from latest feels like it came from the MS PR desk.

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        6 hours ago

        I wonder why that could be, rofl!

        Surely MSFT would always be clear, transparent, and forthright with the public, ahahahaha!