__/ [ William Poaster ] on Tuesday 15 May 2007 16:20 \__
> On Tue, 15 May 2007 08:05:16 -0700, John Locke wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 15 May 2007 06:02:44 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>__/ [ John Locke ] on Tuesday 15 May 2007 04:49 \__
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 14 May 2007 21:58:20 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 202, 14 May 2007
>>>>>
>>>>>,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| The dramatic surge in the popularity of PCLinuxOS, as represented |
>>>>>by our Page Hit Ranking statistics, has raised a few eyebrows among |
>>>>>the DistroWatch readers. With emails expressing surprise and alleging
>>>>>| data manipulations appearing in our inboxes on almost daily basis, |
>>>>>perhaps it's a good time to comment on the subject. Yes, we did check
>>>>>| the web logs a number of times during the past few months, but we
>>>>>have | not found any evidence indicating that the figures have been
>>>>>manipulated | in any way. The fact that PCLinuxOS is rising in
>>>>>popularity is likely | a reflection of its quality and growing user
>>>>>base, not of a foul | play.
>>>>>`----
>>>>>
>>>>>http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070514#news
>>>>
>>>> Its nice to have choices of quality operating systems. Really quite a
>>>> remarkable thing. Some good things in life really are free !
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft...beware, the tide is turning, ever so slowly, but it is
>>>> turning.
>>>
>>>If Vista were on DW, do you reckon it would beat PCLOS in terms of
>>>pageviews? One thing I am sure about, based on history. Microsoft
>>>employees would game the system.
>>
>> Now that's a good question...first Balmer would have to OpenSource
>> Vista..that would be interesting.
>
> The OSS coders may get a good laugh out of it...
It they can find it at all (maybe some torrent in Asia). Poor distributions
fail to gain visibility.
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