Re:

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Jim C. Nasby wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 01:57:27PM +0000, Guido Barosio wrote:
>> Were do we finde accurate values, more updated ones?
>> Guess we should measure current values and compare them later, in a few
>> months after oracle  dbms war gets quiet.
>>
>> http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3462241
>
> "In our survey, 90 percent of our developers work with or deployed to
> Windows platforms," McKendrick explained. "Windows dominates this space,
> and a database that doesn't run on Windows or doesn't run effectively in
> Windows would have a fairly limited reach."
>
> Does that strike anyone else as being *highly* skewed?

Aren't most surveys, stats and benchmarks? :(  there is no such thing as
an "unbiased result" in statistics, it will always be skewed in some way
based on the person generating the stats ...

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