lol, 80/20 rule states that 20% of your customers represent 80% of your income.
On Jun 29, 8:48 am, Joe Wollard <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
