[plug] Operating systems on the Internet

[Anthony Jones]

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Bret Busby wrote:
> 
> Can anyone give me a pointer to a breakdown of host computers on the
> Internet, by operating system?
> 
> I am involved in a small mathematical modelling project, and, we are
> investigating modelling the propagation of viruses on the Internet. From
> what I understand, viruses and worms, each tend to be operating system
> dependent, so the propagation and infection, would, I assume, depend on
> the operating system that they encounter.
> 
> I have an estimate of 200 million host computers on the Internet, for
> January 2001, and, a qualified estimate of the breakdown of host
> computers on the Internet, by operating system, would be also useful, in
> considering the model.
> 
> Thanks in anticipation.
> 
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> 
> Bret Busby
> 
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> "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the
> answer means."
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>  - Douglas Adams, 1988
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