Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics at Robert Pogson

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

Published by Robert Pogson July 29th, 2012 in technology. 3 Comments

However you think of statistics, these are some from this site, displayed at the lower right corner of the starting page:

2012-07-29

Facts from these data that please me are

that other OS has a proper share and no more,
FireFox, a FLOSS web-browser rules, even though I am partial to Chrome,
there are a lot of comments per post, thanks to readers, and
Internet Exploder has a tiny share, probably still more than a tool of anti-competition deserves.

Of course it would please me more if thousands of visitors would light on the site, see the light and find Debian GNU/Linux was a better way to do IT, but it’s a start. In any event, every few months we get a new high in page-views. This month should be the first or second highest number of page-views ever. It helps that it’s a month with 31 days in spite of so much summer-fun happening.

- Robert Pogson

3 Responses to “Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics”

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1 Phenom Jul 30th, 2012 at 5:54 am

Don’t tell me you expected that a pro-linux site is visited mostly from Windows-based PCs, Pogson. The only Windows-users here are the likes of me, who come to seek a small refreshment from the busy everyday life, and get some fun. Don’t get yourself too serious, man.
2 Ivan Jul 30th, 2012 at 8:11 am

And how many of these “unique linux using visits” are your own, Bob?
3 Robert Pogson Jul 30th, 2012 at 8:33 am

Ivan wrote, “how many of these “unique linux using visits” are your own, Bob?”

WP knows who I am and does not count those. Only the stats of non-registered users are counted. I do occasionally view the page but WP can tell I am logged in so it should not be counted.

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My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.