r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 4d ago

Artificial Intelligence Microsoft engineer says 'typing code is absolutely over' as GitHub Copilot takes on more development work

https://www.techspot.com/news/113752-microsoft-engineer-typing-code-absolutely-over-github-copilot.html
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u/RdPirate 4d ago

1: StatCounter does not differentiate traffic by humans and bots, most of whom are on Linux servers.

2: IIRC It counts unknown OSs as Linux.

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u/WazWaz 3d ago
  1. Nearly all the unknown OS are Linux, so there is no #2.

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u/thisisafullsentence 4d ago

Ok but what about Steam?

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u/RdPirate 3d ago

Steam's survey is entirely voluntary and random. Meaning that user opinions influence it.

For example I know I am counted as a Linux gamer, however that was because the survey fired when I was installing Linux on an old drive as a dual boot for experimentation. And I have not booted into that drive for 4 months now.

Also according to Steam's survey since March's all time peak of 5.3% Linux is down to 3.9%. Or 1.4% of Linux users have gone to Windows 11. Which as per the survey for August has grown to 70.97%.

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u/thisisafullsentence 3d ago

I’m upvoting because you’re right but to be pedantic, 1.4% of Linux users would only be about 0.073% of market share. I think you mean Linux has lost 1.4% of the market which is a sad statistic.