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The Death of Ubuntu

Fri Nov 25 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)statisticsubuntu

It’s happening again. Ubuntu is on its deathbed. Pundits and community members are exchanging blasts of statistics and in the crossfire people are getting dubious. Well I’ve one thing to say to Ubuntu community members…

The Linux “1% myth” is pretty accurate

Wed Sep 08 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)linuxstatistics

Linux market share is an oft-debated topic. Some people release statistics, others shoot them down. But are they incorrect? Is desktop Linux still at 1% share?

Spinning the figures

Sat Sep 22 2007 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)rantstatistics

Stats are a tricky thing. When you’re trying to push an argument and you have raw statistics by your side, it’s usually very easy to feed them to your audience in a fashion that misrepresents them. Using that as a base you can form conclusions varying from just misguided to outright lies…