On 28-Mar-2000, S. Alexander Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The issue is not just generating the data for a particular running
> instance, but rather:
> 1. generating the data from all/many running instances on user machines
> 2. sending that data back to the developer for analysis
> 3. generating useful reports on aggregate data
>
> Jacob Nielsen says that data from 5 users is enough to address most user
> porblems so the above may be overkill, but I think it depends on the
> problem you want to solve (performance optimization being somewhat more
> complex).
>
> In any case, the point is to collect data on behavior of the code under
> real life operating conditions rather than the test conditions of the lab.
The difficulty with this is that there is a significant cost associated
with collecting such data, and under real life operating conditions
the real life users generally don't want to pay that cost.
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