Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agoLinux Market Share by Countrylemmy.caimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down19file-text
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·17 days agoWhy is China and Japan so low? Is that just bad reporting? Is it a language / character support issue? I’d think China would want their own government run distro they can control.
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·edit-217 days agoChina could potentially be explained by them not giving a fuck about software piracy – at least in the 90s and early 2000s – so money was never a motivation to move to Linux.
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoWindows costs about as much as a meal and the key lasts decades. Money was never the motivation.
Why is China and Japan so low? Is that just bad reporting? Is it a language / character support issue?
I’d think China would want their own government run distro they can control.
China could potentially be explained by them not giving a fuck about software piracy – at least in the 90s and early 2000s – so money was never a motivation to move to Linux.
Windows costs about as much as a meal and the key lasts decades. Money was never the motivation.