Recently, it seems, there has been incessant coverage of the various "leading" Linux distributions and their download/user statistics.
Matthew Aslett astutely reminds us of the difference between page visits on a website and downloads, and even users for that matter.
Although I have always found his coverage to be very even-headed and fair, Aslett also implies that Novell had nothing to do with Princess Diana's death, a fact I am not willing to concede just yet. I suppose on that issue, we will just have to agree to disagree ;^ ).
I am glad that this clarification has been pointed out, although I have never been a fan of statistics as an argument, preferring instead to rely on impartial surveys.
Comments
Matthew Aslett
2007-01-11 11:12:19
Roy Schestowitz
2007-01-11 12:12:43
[Off topic:] Several times in the past I tried to leave feedback in your blog, but the form does not appear to work, not even with JavaScript enabled.
Matthew Aslett
2007-01-12 09:47:30
It may be that (for reasons that are beyond me) when you preview a comment, it places the approve button right at the bottom of the page - you need to scroll right down to find it. Let me know if not on email, and I'll look into it in the meantime.
ajibola
2007-04-04 18:01:42