Evolution

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:42:24 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:

>> I can't quite make out if you're asking me to give you statistics on
>> where you were wrong or not.. But if it'd make you happy send me an
>> e-mail off-list and I'll do it for you. Not sure it's going to make
>> your life any better for it.
>>
>> Here's one to get you started with regards to an acceptable sample
>> size. This will at least tell you if your 100 messages is sufficient.
>>
[...]
>> http://stattrek.com/Lesson6/SampleSize.aspx?Tutorial=Stat
>
>     Your building a case for errors to occur due to the sample size and
> the source of the data. I have never said it was perfect. Yes there are
> all the problems you point out.
> 
>     But are you saying that in the general Ubuntu population use of
> Evolution is greater than the use of Thunderbird? That makes the users
> of this list weird. And it is not supported by any statistics I have
> seen.

Then open your eyes!

#<name> is the package name;
#<inst> is the number of people who installed this package;
#<vote> is the number of people who use this package regularly;
#<old> is the number of people who installed, but don't use this package
#        regularly;
#<recent> is the number of people who upgraded this package recently;

#rank name                            inst  vote   old recent
443   evolution                      509363 80793 404082 24432
587   thunderbird                    141871 45359 91515  4937 

>     The other method that gets this result seems to use how often the
> software is downloaded. This gives Evolution a big edge because it is
> not downloaded and the number of users are those who didn't download
> Thunderbird. This has real error built in.

The popularity contest measures _usage_ too. For the third time, check 
the _vote_ column.
And speaking of downloads: note that 72% of Ubuntu's users do _not_ 
download Thunderbird at all, let alone use it regularly.

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Regards, Robert                                      http://www.arumes.com