LJ Index

  1. Number of Sherwin-Williams Paint Stores: 2500
  2. Number of IBM PCs running TurboLinux at Sherman-Williams Paint Stores: 9,700
  3. Installed base in millions of Linux clients in 2001: 6.6
  4. Projected installed base in millions of Linux clients in 2006: 24.6
  5. Google's percentage of all search referrals worldwide, according to Webside Story: 31.87
  6. Percentage of Web surfers using Google, according to OneStat: 46
  7. Millions of visitors per day to Google: 30
  8. Thousands of resumés submitted to Google per day:1
  9. Percentage of IT managers who said they would increse use of Linux in the next year: 56
  10. Percentage of IT managers who said they would decrease use of Linux in the next year: 0
  11. Percentage of IT managers who said Linux would play a "major" role in company plans: 32
  12. Percentage of IT managers who said Linux would play a "significant" role in company plans: 18
  13. Percentage of IT managers who said Linux would play a "moderate" role in company plans: 14
  14. Percentage of IT managers who said Linux would play some role in company plans (total of 3 above): 64
  15. Position of Red Hat in a list of companies IT managers said would be "most relevant to yoiur business for the next 5 years": 2
  16. Approximate percentage the above represented: 40
  17. Millions of Americans who have downloaded music from file sharing services: 40
  18. Percentage of Americans over 12 represented by the above number: 19
  19. Percentage of Americans over 12 who own a compact disk burner: 24

1-4, NW Fusion and International Data Corp.; 5, WebSide Story; 6, ZDNet; 7-8, New York Times; 9-16, Giga Informaton Group, eWeek; 17-19, Ipsos-Reid.

Notes to ignore:

<http://www.pressflex.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/44/Google_is_three_times_bigger_than_the_experts_think.html>

<http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-933857.html>

<http://www.ipsos-reid.com/media/dsp_displaypr_us.cfm?id_to_view=1542>