All entries for Thursday 08 May 2008

Hello, I'm a Mac. I'm a PC. And I'm Linux.

Writing about web page http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FC9580522ED83013

Writing about web page https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pHtXzcM6CuvUYew1XvmT_GQ

"Windows, or Mac?", a question that can split a room... as long as the room contains the right people. Of course, the correct answer is "Linux"...

So, if you can hold off on the "holy war" for a second, please fill in the form, and enjoy the pretty graph (and, before you ask: no, it is not just your imagination; they really is no consistency in the configuration of the graphs...):

UPDATE: I've just done a couple of graphs comparing the preferences.

The first one is the number of people who said they prefer a particular operating system, given as a percentage of the total number of responses. These three figures will, of course, add up to 100%, and so can accurately be represented as a pie chart (that's one reason I wanted to add them: more pie charts...):

This second one shows what Operating System people prefer against which one they use:

: 08 May 2008 11:00 |  Tags: Chart Google Docs Graph Linux Mac New Poll PC Poll Randomness Result |  Comments (12) |  Close comments |  Report a problem