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____/ Mart van de Wege on Sunday 04 January 2009 13:28 : \____
> OK <otto@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:04:18 -0600, Terry Porter
>> <linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:32:21 -0500, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dave wrote:
>>>>> http://www.howstuffworks.com/question246.htm
>>>
>>>> Popularity graph:
>>>
> <snip stats>
>>
>> Wow, stats from a wopping 3000 hits... is that a year's worth of
>> visitors on your site, or two years perhaps?
>>
>> Go, Linux, Go!!!
>>
>> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=9&qpcustom=Linux
>
> But Terry gives his source and raw data, so we can verify *his* stats.
>
> That link you give that keeps getting bandied about does no such
> thing, so its numbers *are* suspect.
>
> Yes, even if they show Microsoft share dropping. Any statistics quoted
> should be assumed to be lies unless the source gives you access to the
> raw data and methodology used.
"OK" is one of the Microsoft boosters. Maybe his contract will have run out by
January 15th.
The figures I see for Linux in my sites (some are not about Linux) indicate
double-digit market share (percentile). That may be biased.
The 'study' ('survey') cited by the trolls is flawed by design. Always check
the methods; they don't want to conceal that embarrassment.
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