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Number sound about right to me
I don't think they are counting installations of software, but distinct software packages. Sure, every computer might have Windows and Office, but that's just two packages. For every package bought, there's 7 others that were developed in house for specific tasks like data entry, web interfaces, etc. It's likely that these don't compare to Office in lines of code, but when a program with 20,000 lines of code does exactly what you need it to do, why pay for a program with 20 million lines of code that doesn't quite do what you need it to do, and does a bunch of stuff you don't need it to.

Of course most of these are probably sitting on servers in the IT department, designed for specific tasks, so you wouldn't notice them by looking around at the PC's sitting on desks, but they are there.
Posted by: Niosop   Posted on: 06/29/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Great review  msolgeek | 02/08/07
First off,  xuniL_z | 02/08/07
Compared to Windows 95?  epcraig | 02/08/07
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reality of Jermey's lies  zzz1234567890 | 02/12/07
Would be useful...  John L. Ries | 02/08/07
Share  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/08/07
The code I am developing for ARM7  msolgeek | 02/08/07
Sorry but I do not believe their numbers  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/08/07
PCs are not the only computing platform  msolgeek | 02/08/07
Software is not just for computers  Confused by religion | 02/08/07
So you're saying  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/08/07
Corrections  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/08/07
I'd translate bespoke as  zkiwi | 02/08/07
Subtlety escapes you, YBK wink  Confused by religion | 02/08/07
No doubt  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/09/07
Responding to his post is pointless...  B.O.F.H. | 02/08/07
Interesting world  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/08/07
Or...  zkiwi | 02/08/07
It Depends  cyberscan | 02/09/07
Your counting computers, not software  douglasids | 02/12/07
Oops, "Your" should have been "You're" (NT)  douglasids | 02/12/07
Number sound about right to me  Niosop | 06/29/07
If the OS isn't counted...  jasonp@... | 07/13/07
Jeremy now works for ZDNet???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/08/07
Same as John Carroll  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/08/07
No,  rapson | 02/09/07
He explained that last time  John L. Ries | 02/08/07
Ah, I missed it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/08/07
It is clearly marked as commentary. Look at the first page.  DonnieBoy | 03/13/07
Open source and freeware.  Mike106132000@... | 02/09/07
Sticking with PCs...  richard.s | 02/09/07

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