You say: Distrowatch has been around for long enough to have been thoroughly looked at, and is more or less universally accepted as a good *indicator* of where things are going.
I would ask: Do they tell you how they did stats? Do you know their method of stats? People know how NASDAQ indicator works. Do you know how distrowatch indicator works? --- "B.Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 16:49 +0300, Andrei Popescu > wrote: > > formless void <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > --- Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:36:44 -0700 (PDT) > > > > formless void <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Xandros has the reputation of 2006 award > winning > > > > from > > > > > Linux World and this is true if you google > it > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.xandros.com/news/press/release56.html > > > > > > > > What is that Linux World. Googeling for it > shows a > > > > few sites that > > > > don't seem related. > > > > > > Here it is > > > http://linux.sys-con.com/ > > > > > > > > > Distrowatch lists Xandros on > > > > place 18 ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can pretty know who is LinuxWorld, but I can't > tell > > > who is Distrowatch which even doesn't have a > physical > > > address to contact ---- Web Credibility (google > it) > > > !!! > > > > For a Linux magazine it has a lot of MS > advertising. And besides, > > "oppinions" of a magazine writer can be > influenced, while the top on > > DistroWatch is made by real users. And DistroWatch > is mentioned in > lots > > of serious articles I have read about Linux. For > me this is more > > important. > > Each to his own I guess. Xandros and Debian have, on > the whole, quite > different target groups. > If you, the OP, want to go with Linux World's > opinions, that's up to > you, it certainly does not translate into > credibility, whatever that is > nowadays. Anybody can make up any old sh*te and hand > out their own > awards. > It might even be appropriate considering the > audience they are aiming > for. What ever the rules of their evaluation that > led to these awards, > it's quite likely that it was something along the > lines of 'easy to use > for people coming from windows with the least > learning curve', 'most Win > like linux etc'. If this is what you want then fine. > > I find facts and statistics always more credible > than opinions, although > we all know they can be manipulated too. It just > depends on the > question, (or the questions you leave out). > Distrowatch has been around for long enough to have > been thoroughly > looked at, and is more or less universally accepted > as a good > *indicator* of where things are going. This does not > mean anyone should > take their stats as an absolute, as there is some > room for pollution. > It's not supposed to be scientific, it measures > trends. > Their raw data can even be downloaded for your own > calculations should > you wish so. > > As for physical address: You only need to go on > 'About Distrowatch' > http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=about and > right at the bottom > are physical contact details. So easy. > > What sort of IT person are you - or just coming here > to make us do all > the work for you? > > Kind Regards, > B.Hoffmann > > Linux User #398054 > > -Foresight Linux- -Ubuntu- -Debian (Sarge)- > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
