Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Last weeks QuickPoll | Date | Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:26:58 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Michael H. Warfield" <> |
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David W. Schuler enscribed thusly: > > On Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:30:36 EDT kday wrote: > > > >Last week the following question was posed on your Quick Poll: > > Will Linux ever be given fair consideration alongside commercial > > OSes on the desktop. > > > >Your summary said that the majority said yes, but the stats shown > >were 47% yes, 53% no. > > > >Am I misreading this? > > Unfortunately, you probably are not misreading this. I think that the > question, in the manner in which it was asked, was fairly answered. The > question should have been asked as a two-part question:
No... They (InforWorld) screwed up. The "47% yes, 53% no" icon was from last week's question. Obviously, if 47% said yes and 53% said no - that would contradict saying the majority saying yes. They just screwed up the page and left the old icon there. I remember seeing those exact results for last week's question (something about Microsoft displacing Netscape Navigator). I'm a believer in coincidence as much as the next guy but figure Murphy's law and human stupidity had more to do with this...
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