LJ Index

  1. Thousands of PCs covered by a study of possible conversion to desktop Linux in Paris: 17
  2. Thousands of Linux desktops planned for an Extremadura study in Spain: 300
  3. Number of Linux seats at Modena in Italy: 750
  4. Number of Linux seats at Brescia in Italy: 250
  5. Number of Linux seats at Robur in Italy: 190
  6. Minimum number of factors at which Google looks on a Web page to maximize accurate results: 100
  7. Minimum billions of nodes in Google's matrix computation: 3
  8. Minimum billions of edges in Google's matrix computation: 30
  9. Millions of blogs watched by Technorati: 2.35
  10. Millions of links tracked by Technorati: 304.73
  11. Number of employees working for California Digital: 55
  12. Number of four-processor Itanium 2 servers in Linux-based Thunder supercomputer built by California Digital for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: 1024
  13. Trillions of operations per second Thunder can perform: 19.94
  14. Position Thunder would occupy on the Top 500 list of leading supercomputers, if it had made the deadline for the latest list: 2
  15. Maximum number of wireless, solar powered parking payment stations running embedded Linux being rolled out in Montreal: 800
  16. Number of paking meters each station will replace: 12
  17. Minimum percentage by which Linux TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) can be driven down: 10
  18. Maximum percentage by which Linux TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) can be driven down: 40
  19. Millions of results for a Google "Linux" search: 117
  20. Millions of results for a Google "Windows" search: 122

Sources: 1, Microcost, at Desktop Linux Summit; 2, 3-5, David Orban, Questar.it;; 6-8, Nelson Minar, Google; 9, Technorati, 13 May 2004; 11-14, CNet. 15-16, Linux Devices; 17-18, Meta Group; 19-20, Google


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