94.35535% of stats are made up on the spot....
;-) -----Original Message----- From: Munson, Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 November 2005 16:04 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CF Hosting Of course the surveys only capture external facing web servers (they aren't hacking into anybody's network). I have read that the large majority of Intranet web servers are on Windows, but we are currently talking about public hosting. All statistics have their problems (that is why they state a margin of error), but you shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water. A scientifically valid survey will sample a good portion of the total population. For example, in US presidential elections, surveys typically get a sample of 1000. And they report a 3-5% margin of error. If you look back at past elections, you will find that the published surveys were very close to the actual election results, even though they only surveyed 1000 US citizens. Netcraft has the luxury of dealing with computers, so they can get a MUCH larger sample than most statisticians are capable of capturing. If I remember my stats classes right, A larger sample means a more accurate prediction. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:39 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CF Hosting > > So it can only sample external facing web servers? What > about servers whom > do not broadcast their underlying architechture? > > I see what you are saying, but it is a sample which I cannot > believe..its > marketing bollox for sure......and they love it ;-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Munson, Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 November 2005 15:47 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CF Hosting > > The survey sample for November was 74,291,241. And yes, > Netcraft tries > to sample EVERY web server on the planet. They run a global > web spider > once a month, similar to google/yahoo. If you follow the survey, you > will notice that the sample increases every month, because they > continually find more and more web servers (except during the dot-bomb > bust, when their sample was decreasing for a few months because of all > the bankruptcies, etc.). > > Netcraft is an industry recognized data mining expert, and > their monthly > web server survey is quoted in a LOT of respected trade publications. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:26 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: CF Hosting > > > > How on earth could they come back with that? There is not > > founding to this. > > > > Did they sample EVERY webserver on the planet? No, not > > likely, so it is > > more a case of 71% of the sample webservers run Apache - > > which isn't the > > same as stating 715 of webservers run Apache. How big was > the sample? > > > ------------------- > > > [INFO] -- Access Manager: > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, > confidential > and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you > are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of the information contained herein > (including any > reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received > this transmission > in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy > the material in > its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. > Thank you. A2 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:224810 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
