[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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