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Re: [osv-list] Re: [Linux-aus] Windows: 30 billion crashes a year ?
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:34:23PM +1000, Chris Samuel wrote:
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> On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 2:02 pm, Shane Stephens wrote:
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> > So 5% of machines crash twice daily. How many machines crash every
> > day? Dunno. How many machines crash at least once a month? Dunno.
> > What is the average number of crashes per machine per month? Dunno.
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> Remember that these figures are (allegedly) derived from peoples XP systems
> phoning home to MS to say they've died.
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> Steven D'Aprano from CyberSource on the OSV list did a bit more maths, which
> I'lll ask him for permission to quote here.
Go right ahead.
If anyone wants more detail, let me know and I will send it.
But frankly, I don't especially think the figures mean very much, without
some indication of how good Bill Gates' figure of 5% is and how it was
derived. Garbage in, garbage out works for maths as well as computer
programs you know :-)
The numbers sound reasonable, and I guess "reasonable" is as best we can
hope for in this sort of thing.
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