Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:04:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Adrian Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com> To: "Eric A. Griff" <eric@setjmp.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slashdot poll Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907291502170.17005-100000@thneed.ubergeeks.com> In-Reply-To: <035a01bed974$ceb450f0$c100000a@cfpower.com>
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On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Eric A. Griff wrote: > This is a more specific link, and *BSD has moved up above macs, but still > only 4% =( I'm willing to bet that you'd get 4% for linux if the poll was on daemonnews, freebsdrocks, freebsdzine, etc. This is simply and example of why self-selection should never be allowed for poll participation if you want any accuracry at all. It means less than nothing. It's misleading. Adrian -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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