On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 16:08 -0800, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
Hi Folks, Found in the news: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/03/karmic_koala_frustration/
I'm not shilling Ubuntu [I don't use it] but statements like "Only around 10 per cent of those upgrading or installing reported a completely flawless experience." are meaningless. Web polls / forum posts are a self-selecting demographic. If something works perfectly for me I don't [usually] post or comment anything, so negative results are always inflated in these kinds of things. That is also my mailing lists always seems to have such a negative bias - Beagle, openSUSE, GNOME, Evolution, all work perfectly for me - so people with my experience will be 'underrepresented'. Journalists *know* exactly what a self-selected demographic is, and they *know* web polls, etc... are garbage. A decent journalist doesn't taint himself by referencing such foolishness. Sorry for the psuedo-rant, but this kind of thing is rampant in tech-blogs and trade-rags, these sites should adopt a grown-up, rather than inflammatory, editorial policy.
Let's hope that 11.2 has a happier prognosis!
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