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Re: [News] The Big Lie of Microsoft (About Linux) and Faux 'Surveys'

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____/ 7 on Wednesday 09 July 2008 17:24 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Is Linux Getting the Shaft?
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>> | As I recently reported, there is an order of magnitude difference
>> | between the market share of Linux "out there" in the world, and the
>> | market share of LInux on Scienceblogs.com and on this very blog.
>> | Subsequently, I was trolled by my very own brother "... so, when is
>> | Luniux going to reach 1% market share?...." and this item has come out
>> | on ZDNet (which we all know is essentially funded by Microsoft, right?):
>> | Linux - Still chasing that elusive 1% market share.
>> | 
>> | [...]
>> | 
>> | So I went and looked. Here is the description of the database used by
>> | the Market Share service that everyone seems to rely on:
>> | 
>> | 
>> |     We collect data from the browsers of site visitors to our exclusive
>> |     on-demand network of live stats customers. The data is compiled from
>> |     approximately 160 million visitors per month. The information
>> |     published is an aggregate of the data from this network of hosted
>> |     website statistics. The site unique visitor and referral information
>> |     is summarized on a monthly basis.
>> | 
>> | WTF?
>> | 
>> | Is this supposed to be some kind of unbiased sample? But wait, there's
>> | more...
>> | 
>> | [More jaw-dropping s*ite]
>> | 
>> | 
>> | [...]
>> | 
>> | The complexity of this problem is actually rather large. But I can tell
>> | you one thing: If you were my graduate student and you came to me with
>> | this sampling strategy, I'd send you back to kindergarten. (If I had
>> | that power.)
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>> http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/07
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is_linux_getting_the_shaft.php?utm_source=sbhomepage&utm_medium=link&utm_content=channellink
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> 
> Micoshaft salesmen, directors, marketing people, and asstroturfers have to
> prove that Micoshaft's figures use approved measuremement techniques
> before they are allowed to ever band them about.
> 
> 
> Linux now expanding at the rate of 1 million+ desktops per week and
> increasing. Embedded Linux sells 3 million+ embedded Linux gadgets PER DAY
> and increasing. Independently verifiable by counting press releases.
> 
> 
> If I were Micoshaft legal team,
> I'd make sure Micoshaft Corporation SEC filings are 100%
> accurate and independently verifiable. Investors are loosing a lot
> of money already with Micoshaft stock and publishing false
> figures through SEC filing or making false claims by Micoshaft Marketing
> department through funding asstroturfers amounts to securities fraud.
> 
> People affected by this should be talking to their lawyers to log
> all public forum posts as evidence for class action suit.

In its SEC filings, Microsoft has warned about Free software and Linux for many
years. It tells the investors that business may (will) decline as a result.

- -- 
                ~~ Best of wishes

Roy S. Schestowitz      |   Oracle: Linux adoption to accelerate
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