020104 Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 06:57:11PM -0200, Fr?d?ric L. W. Meunier wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 07:40:45AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote:
>>> it was reported today that  46 %  Linux users in UK have Mandrake.
>> Now go to http://counter.li.org/reports/machines.html
>> Statistics lie...
> yes: and when looking at numbers, one has to ask who made the measurement,
> and what their purpose was.

yes, yes, yes & yes (respectively (smile)).

however, there's no conflict: the Linux-count group don't offer a figure
for the % of UK Linux users who use Mandrake (the estimate i reported).
nor BTW do the group seem to say how they make their counts:
if it's by those who register with the group, it has little reliability.

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