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On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 08:03:08AM -0400, Andy Random wrote:
>
> The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for
> Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux,
> according to Canonical.
>
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39500489,00.htm?r=4
>
> In an interview with Laptop Magazine, MSI said its studies showed its Suse
> Linux-based ultraportables were returned at a rate four times higher than
> Windows-based Wind machines.
<rant>
Once again, the jounalist leaves us with insufficient information
in the article. Are they talking about ratio of purchases to returns,
or are they talking about absolute number of returns? Obviously, if
they sell ten times as many Linux boxes as Windows ones, but only get
four times as many Linux returns as Windows ones, that's a big win for
Linux.
Can we make all science and technology journalists take a mandatory
course in statistics and data presentation, please?
Oh, and mandatory re-education(*) for anyone using the phrase "x
times less". It's meaningless.
</rant>
Hugo.
(*) With a cricket bat.
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