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____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 30 September 2008 14:12 : \____
> Richard Rasker <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Hadron wrote:
>>
>>> Richard Rasker <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> Hadron wrote:
>>
>>>>> You still haven't explained your spreadsheet. I will bet you made the
>>>>> numbers up.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't "make up numbers". What we have, is a ranking and the total
>>>> number of models on offer. What I looked for, was a function best
>>>> describing typical sales percentages as a function of this ranking,
>>>
>>> You're full of shit Richard and you know it. You made the numbers up. If
>>> you have two products for sale side by side - one is a cut price rolex
>>> watch for example (RRP 500000, actual price 5) and a plate of shit next
>>> to it for 100 then I can assure you that the sales numbers can not be
>>> predicted using your declining function.
>>
>> You appear to have no grasp of the mathematical concept of "statistics"
>> whatsoever, other than perhaps the old adage "lies, damn lies and
>> statistics". Fine with me, but please stay out of discussions involving
>> this subject. Or do you routinely call scientists, weather forecasters and
>> anyone else who use statistics "liars"?
>>
>
> The shilcosystem will still be arguing that Windows is the best-selling
> thingy on the planet, even as the receivers have arrived at the campus
> in Redmond, and wagonloads of equipment is being taken to the
> auctioneers in order to raise some cash to pay off the shareholders.
>
> I pointed out the Amazon sales stats a few months back, when I noticed
> almost the same thing, that the top selling machines were all Apple &
> Linux machines, Windows wasn't even in the top 10. Oddly, it was matt
> (mattthefella?) who had a huge go at /me/ about it. Some people just
> don't like numbers...
The trade journals still behave as though "computer" = "desktop with an O/S
bundled", thus persistently arguing that "Microsoft's operating system runs on
more than 90% of the world's computers" (which is not true _even just for
desktops_).
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