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- --On Thursday, December 07, 2006 16:25:59 +1100 Luke Mewburn
<lukem@NetBSD.org> 
wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 08:19:08PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>   |
>   |          FreeBSD    660   2085       68%
>   |                    1976   2659       25%
>   |
>   |           NetBSD    365    142     -157%
>   |                    1827    276     -561%
>
>
> Your percentage change calculations are incorrect.
>
> It appears you're using
> 	(new-old)/new * 100
> instead of:
> 	(new-old)/old * 100
>
> A change of  660 to 2085 is an increase of 216%, not 68%.
> A change of 1976 to 2659 is an increase of 35%,  not 25%.
>
> A change of  365 to 142 is an decrease of 61%, not 157%.
> A change of 1827 to 276 is an decrease of 85%, not 561%.

You are correct, this has since been fixed, and proper numbers can be viewed at 
http://www.bsdstats.org/os_report.php ...

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