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Re:Linux dominates supercomputers as never before by TheSoftwareGuy on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @10:45PM (#7941979)
>unless all vendors who run their own stores publish sales statistics.

They do, thats one of those things that companies that are traded publicly are required to do.

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Re:Linux dominates supercomputers as never before by nl on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @06:34AM (#7943129)
That's untrue.

Publicly traded companies are required to disclose revenue, but not required to break it down by source.

Neither Apple or Google break out the revenue from the *Stores (unless they have started doing it very recently). There are third party analytics firms that provide reasonable estimates though[1].

[1] eg http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/23/google-play-quarterly-app-r...

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Re:Linux dominates supercomputers as never before by shmerl on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @02:54AM (#7942613)
Are all companies which have such stores traded publicly? I don't see a direct connection between these two aspects. For instance, in China there are various Android markets and I'm not sure all of them belong to publicly traded companies.
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