[ILUG] Linux gaining critical mass

[kevin lyda]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 04:46:49PM +0100, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions wrote:
> I would love to agree with you, but considering the timing of it and the
> extremely small sample I would tend to disagree.
> There is no indication, for example, of how many respondents there were per
> company. 

they polled 300 companies.

while the poll internals and the total number of companies in ireland
would be nice, 300 is likely ok.  it's how they decided on those 300
that matters:

    http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Polling_Methodology

that's why info on how the poll was done is more important than how many
they polled.

kevin

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