Reading it and, more importantly, knowing in detail exactly how it was conducted, by whom and for what purpose is required before placing much faith in "studies" of this sort. And statements, direct or otherwise, don't necessarily constitute fact...they are just that, statements.
Statistics can be made to say most anything you want them to and surveys/polls are so easily biased as to be of marginal value other than as filler material for the companies that pay for them. Ken On 4/30/05, Daniel Ganter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Do bear in mind that those percentages and "facts" only relate to > >those that responded to the survey...which doesn't necessarily > >indicate anything with regard to the IT industry overall. > > > >Ken > > Bear in mind, if we both are concerned with "facts", we'd both have read the > report.. And surely we've both have noted the following direct statement from > Forrester, September 1, 2004, ".NET Versus J2EE: .NET Has Clearly Arrived", > by Randy Heffner: > > "For results based on a randomly chosen sample of this size (n=322), there is > 95% confidence that the results have a statistical precision of plus or minus > 5.5% of what they would be if the entire population of North American > enterprises had been polled. Thus, there is 95% confidence that the true > proportion of firms that use .NET for the majority of their development is > between 51% and 62%." > > Regards, > Dan > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205193 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
