____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Monday 07 April 2008 20:20 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, 7
> <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:04:32 GMT
> <kXQJj.2918$yD2.1398@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Micoshaft Fraudster and Asstrotufer Ezekiel Flat cake idiot wrote on behalf
>> of half wits at Micoshaft Coproation:
>>
>
> [Roy's link restored]
> http://electrogeek.com/blog/2008/04/04/more-users-running-linux-than-vista/
> [/Roy]
>
>>
>>
>>> Well if small number of people voted at this obscure website then it must
>>> be true.
>>>
>>> Idiot.
>>
>>
>> You must be a fraudster lying for your company Micoshaft Corporation
>> unless you care to produce some proof to back up your claims.
>>
>
> Self-selected surveys rarely give accurate results; take
> this with a large grain of salt.
>
> Survey size: 217 votes
> Linux: 40%
> WinXP: 31%
> Vista: 20%:
> OSX: 8%
> Other: 1%
Think about a scenario where a survey receives msn.com's logs for statistics
purposes. it then dds another 1000 sites whose logs are given away (a privacy
no-no by the way, unless you hate your readers and sell their data). Then, you
add up all the numbers and claim to have gotten stats extracted from 1,001
sites. But wait! What if MSN attracts 100 times more visitors than all those
1000 other sites combined? Remember IE's default page. Remember zombies PCs.
Remember bias/niche effect.
There are lies, damn lies, and statistics. And most studies are funded by one
body or another, in order to promote an agenda. Studies are time consuming.
Few people do that sort of stuff (contacting thousands of Webmasters)
for 'fun'.
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