I couldn't agree more. I've never been a big fan of the "majority rules" mentality. If the majority were always right then there should be some geological evidence of the Earth's transformation from flat to spheroid. ;-)
On Jun 29, 2009, at 8:40 AM, J.T.F. wrote: > > So, because 6% of the users are "non-conforming", they should be > completely excluded from even attempting to take part of the survey? > If you do the math on the estimated number of systems in the world, 6% > is not a small quantity. > > As a business, would you discriminate against and bar from entering > your business, 6% of your possible customer base because they don't > confirm your mold of who you THINK your customer is? > > I just think that excluding an OS and browser, which is the customer's > choice of what is used on their system, is very poor business > practice. > > Thanks for the input. > > > > > > On Jun 28, 3:24 pm, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Cavan >> Mejias<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> "to write a non-fanboy and truthful email for me to send to the >>> site" >> >> Doesn't seem possible. >> >> 94% of all computers have Microsoft Windows installed, therefore 94% >> of all users of that site have IE available to them. >> >> This is before you consider people like me who use Linux, Mac, and >> Windows, so the percentage of people who have IE available to them is >> slightly larger. >> >>> Better ask RMS for some input on that project, he seems eminently >>> quailfied from what I've read of his stuff. >> >> Obligatory XKCD reference:http://xkcd.com/225/ >> >>> I wonder if slashdot has found the site your talking about? >> >> /. hasn't comment-lagged itself to death yet, so I think not. >> >> -- >> Registered Linux Addict #431495 >> For Faith and Family! | John 3:16!http://www.fsdev.net/ > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
