- Millions of people who watched streamed media of the September 11, 2001 terrorist events: 21 <
- Billions of dollars in federal relief requested by New York City: 54
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in $billions, of Peru: 54
- Thousands of Korean Air pilots and flight attendants checking schedules using IBM's Linux-powered eServer: 3
- Billiions of email accounts anticipated by the end of 2001: 1
- Years it took TV to reach 1 billion viewers: 50
- Years it took telephony to reach 1 billion users: 100
- Position of Germany among countries with highest penetration of Netscape browsers: 1
- Netscape browser share percentage in Germany: 20.26
- Netscape browser share percentage in the U.S.: 15.79
- Netscape browser share in the world: 13.17
- Number of countries with users registered to Linux Counter: 188
- Number of persons registered with Linux Counter as of Oct 19, 2001:195900
- Number of machines registered with Linux Counter as of Oct 19, 2001: 111942
- Low end of Linux Counter's estimated number of Linux users: 3,918,000
- Low end of Linux Counter's estimated number of Linux users: 97,950,000
Source: 1,USA Today, qouting Nielsen/NetRatings; 2-3, Time Magazine; 4, IBM, 5-7, Strategic Policy Research, Inc.; 8-11, StatMarket <www.statmarket.com>; 12-16, Linux Counter <counter.li.org>