Comments on: Has Microsoft Sent Its Former Employees to Conduct Anti-Google Studies? http://techrights.org/2008/11/16/former-softies-anti-google/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Mandar http://techrights.org/2008/11/16/former-softies-anti-google/comment-page-1/#comment-37612 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:59:45 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/16/former-softies-anti-google/#comment-37612 Although your doubts are valid in this regard and it is your opinion that employees “always” work in the best interest of their former employers could be considered borderline stupendous but no less farcical.

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By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/11/16/former-softies-anti-google/comment-page-1/#comment-36692 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:24:49 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/16/former-softies-anti-google/#comment-36692 I presume it’s kind of like Alexa then, Windows only as well.

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By: twitter http://techrights.org/2008/11/16/former-softies-anti-google/comment-page-1/#comment-36684 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:56:37 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/16/former-softies-anti-google/#comment-36684 According to this page, their methodology is terrible:

From May to November 2008, ClickStream Technologies recruited 2,400 U.S. internet users over the age of 18 to complete a survey and install ClickSight®, a patent-pending data collection tool which records click-level user behavior data across all browsers and applications. In addition, ClickSight® reports on dozens of data points relating to the user’s computer configuration. Over 6 months of click data (more than 350 million user actions) was collected by ClickSight® and segmented by each user’s self-reported survey responses that were collected at the time of recruitment, which included basic demographic information.

So basically, the study tells you a lot about people who respond to spam and don’t mind installing spyware on their computers. It is no surprise that this select group of computer users also favor M$. The rest of the world is moving in a different direction.

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