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____/ High Plains Thumper on Thursday 22 May 2008 04:41 : \____
> DFS wrote:
>> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/29/ubuntu_left_standing/
>>>
>>> [quote] Only Ubuntu left standing, as Flash vuln fells Vista
>>> in Pwn2Own hacking contest
>>>
>>> Contestant overcomes bout of 'hacktile dysfunction'
>>> By Dan Goodin in Vancouver
>>> Published Saturday 29th March 2008 21:27 GMT
>>>
>>> CanSecWest A laptop running a fully patched version of
>>> Microsoft's Vista operating system was the second and final
>>> machine to fall in a hacking contest that pitted the
>>> security of Windows, OS X and Ubuntu Linux. With both a
>>> Windows and Mac machine felled, only the Linux box remained
>>> standing following the three-day competition. [/quote]
>>>
>>> OSX and Vista pwned by Ubuntu! Way to go, Debian!
>>
>> Don't fool yourself, dweeb.
>
> Interesting that this troll must not only post his point but add
> a pungent insult also.
>
>> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8
>>
>> Now that's ownage - to the tune of 145 to 1.
>
> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=12
>
> "Market Share Worldview. The report you requested is only
> available in the pay version."
>
> Okay, another site, look at the demography:
>
> http://w3schools.com/about/about_pagehits.asp
>
> [quote]
> Visitors Demographics
> Origin Percent
> United States 42.1 %
> India 10.1 %
> United Kingdom 8.0 %
> Canada 4.7 %
> Netherlands 2.5 %
> Australia 2.3 %
> Germany 2.0 %
> Sweden 1.7 %
> France 1.7 %
> Spain 1.4 %
> Italy 1.3 %
> Singapore 1.3 %
> Brazil 1.2 %
> Philippines 1.1 %
> Hong Kong 1.1 %
> Poland 1.0 %
> [/quote]
>
> US has greatest number of visits at 42.1%, which is heavily
> Windows oriented. Other countries that have a higher Linux and
> Unix count are under represented. Not all access the internet
> has heavily as the US. Therefore, to utilise such statistics as
> indicative of Linux installed base leads to erroneous results.
>
> Next ....
It actually shows the entire sample was very grossly population-biased, almost
rigged.
Maybe they picked 1000 sites. 1 MSN.com, 999 mom-and-pop sites, then applied no
special weighting, merged the logs and ran the algo. That's just taking it to
the extreme anyway.
Who funded this laborious study? What's the motive for a volunteer?
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