On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 04:10:12PM -0400, jchacon@genuity.net wrote:
> >
> >On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 02:27:10PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 10:44:48AM -0700, Josef Grosch wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Please read the the FAQ to understand why the count of FreeBSD users
> >> > is so much larger than any other BSD.
> >> 
> >> I read the FAQ. It explains "why" but it doesn't explain the reasons
> >> for not starting all the counters at zero. 
> >> 
> >> A child could see that your data is hopelessly skewed. 
> >
> >I did start the counters at zero. The current count represents people who
> >have declared themselves to be a user of a given OS or a mix of OSs. 
> 
> "I'll set all the counters to zero and then fill in OS data for everything 
> initially based on data that only measures FreeBSD counts.". Yep, I'd say
> that about sums it up. It's fairly obvious to anyone looking at this that's
> it's skewed heavily in one direction arbitrarily. To claim otherwise (and
> expect anyone to beleive it) is ridiculous.
> 
> James
> 
> 

Thank you for your comments. The fact that you are unhappy have been noted. 

Josef

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