Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 04:35:20 10/29/01
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On October 27, 2001 at 16:56:26, Christophe Theron wrote: >I have a relatively reliable way of evaluating which OS my potential customers >are using. I look at the statistics of my Chess Tiger site (www.chesstiger.com). >At least it gives me a picture of my market segment. > >What I see on today's statistics is: > Windows 97.0% > MacOS 1.3% > Unknown 1.0% > Linux 0.7% > WebTV 0.3% I think this method of evaluation is seriously flawed. Most people interested in computer chess *know* that your program is only available for Windows and PalmOS. Those of us who use other platforms are not likely to visit your website at all, because we know that you don't have anything to offer us. Also, there are a lot of people (me, for instance) who still do not have an internet connection at home, and hence do not visit your website from their own computers. For instance, I just visited your website from my Debian Linux workstation at work, and thus slightly increased the Linux percentage in your statistics. This does not imply that you have one more potential Linux customer, however; my home computer is running MacOS. Tord
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