[ubuntu-uk] [Malvern] Fw: [Gloucs] Only 400-600 Linux users of bbc.co.ukwebsite?

Dougie Richardson ddrichardson at btinternet.com
Fri Nov 2 18:05:46 GMT 2007


I noticed this earlier (though not the register piece) I have to say
though even the new figures are weird, I mean what's the margin of error
on a calculation giving a difference of over 60000 - twice as high as
the lowest figure?

How on earth are the calculating this figure?

Dougie

On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 17:29 +0000, John Levin wrote:
> Ian Pascoe wrote:
> > Just to follow up on the whole BBC thing .... came around the LUG today.
> > 
> > E
> > 
> > 
> > This was forwarded by Andrey Oakley
> > 
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > 
> > 
> > The BBC's head of technology states that "We have 17.1 million users of
> > bbc.co.uk in the UK and, as far as our server logs can make out ... around
> > 400 to 600 are Linux users"
> > 
> > http://tinyurl.com/23ojj6
> > 
> > If you suspect that this figure is wrong, please sign up to say that you use
> > Linux to access bbc.co.uk :
> > 
> > http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/linuxbbc/
> > 
> 
> Ashley Highfield (BBC head of tech) has backpedaled a bit:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2007/11/linux_figures_1.html
> 
> Good reportage here:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/02/highfield_bbc_linux_website_users_bafflement/
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 




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