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From: michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too)
Date: 18 Dec 1995 06:44:10 GMT
Organization: Okanagan Internet Junction, Vernon B.C., Canada
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In article <4b0k8r$ira@news1.halcyon.com>,
Tim Smith <tzs@coho.halcyon.com> wrote:
>I think you can do better than that by comparing between {*BSD,Linux) users
>and something else whose number of users is known. For example, from a recent
>almanac, we see that the following magazines all have circulations of around
>a million: Vanity Fair, Car and Driver, Discover, PC Magazine, Consumer's
>Digest, Penthouse, Rolling Stone.
>
>So, instead of asking "are there over a million Linux users?", it might be
>easier to ask and answer "are there more Linux users than Consumer's Digest
>readers?" or "are there more Linux users than PC Magazine readers?". One
>could take to asking random people while waiting in line at the supermarket,
>"pardon me, but do you read Discover? Do you use Linux?". It should be
>possible to get some idea this way.
This is an interesting methodology and could very well be used in a
survey to determine BOTH Linux and FreeBSD usage at the same time.
Especially if it were done in conjunction with a computer magazine like
PC magazine (actually, several computer magazines would be best).
Anyone know a social science stats prof looking for a class project?
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