RE: best o/s survey...someone's missing a few bits...

(I dunno...  Perhaps this topic belongs on the Non-Tech List...?)



Leif,


Okay...

I have to fess-up.....  (Can I help it I was raised in the Chicago-area
until I wuz 14...?!? ;-)


And I'm sure You and Chuck KNOW that I GREATLY admire the way You stand on
Your principles.



However, I cannot help but look at the practical side of things, as well...

It's been noted that this was a VERY unscientific "survey".  How ELSE can
You explain the fact SOLARIS led the pack by a fairly wide margin...?!?
(And how did Windoze get ANY votes...?!? ;-)

The people at the Unix site can stand on their "high" principles, if they
want, but I haven't seen any explanation of why the iSeries was a late
entry, in the first place...  (Nor why the OS was referred to as "AS/400"
either.)

The method of restricting ballot stuffing ALSO prevented multiple people at
one site from voting for their favorite OS(/400!).



So, while I was caught red-handed, I'm not ALL that red-faced about voting
more than once.  I didn't vote every time I had the chance (because I still
use dial-up for email).  And, as someone pointed out, there are about 1000
list-members here...  Last I looked "AS/400" had only mustered about 300
votes, so I find that number to be rather under-representive, rather than
over-...!



I'm not speaking for anyone who voted more than once, of course.  And to
those who voted JUST once, again, I admire Your stand.



For those who didn't take John Earl's suggestion to take 17 seconds out of
Your day (other than Don) and who voted ZERO times...

Well..

..what can I say...?



(I probably erred on principle, and am missing a few bits m'self, but I took
the liberty of voting for mebbe a couple of Youse...;-)



jt

| -----Original Message-----
| From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
| [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
| Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 8:33 PM
| To: midrange-l@midrange.com
| Subject: Re: best o/s survey...someone's missing a few bits...
|
|
| From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
| > And WHAT do you mean by that ?
| > I did NOT vote more than once.
| >
| > a thief thinks everybody steals...
| >
| > From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
| > > you can't tell me the other folks weren't doing the same thing ;-)
| > >
|
| Chuck, what I meant was that yes, I do believe that "the other folks"
| weren't doing the same thing. I think that we as a group did badly
| because some people were thinking "hey, they do it too". Our
| action here was inexcusable and reflects badly upon us and
| on the platform. I feel shame having watched my peers do this.