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BBC Backpedals On Linux Audience Figures

Posted by kdawson on from the couple-orders-of-magnitude-between-friends dept.

6031769 writes "After recently claiming that only 400 to 600 Linux users visit the BBC website, the BBC's Ashley Highfield has now admitted that they got their numbers wrong. The new estimate is between 36,600 and 97,600 according to his blog post. He stops short of describing how Auntie arrives at these two widely different sets of numbers and how their initial estimate is two orders of magnitude out."

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  1. Different sets of numbers? by smurphmeister · · Score: 5, Funny
    He stops short of describing how Auntie arrives at these two widely different sets of numbers and how their initial estimate is two orders of magnitude out.

    English to metric conversion?

  2. slashdotted perhapsity? by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    stops short of describing how Auntie arrives at these two widely different sets of numbers and how their initial estimate is two orders of magnitude out.

    Simple, one is before being slashdotted, and one is after.

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    Table-ized A.I.
  3. Re:Nothing is solved, though by dbIII · · Score: 5, Funny

    how about something that just works?

    What about the BLINK tag. Just as annoying as flash, carries just as much useful content as most flash but less resource intensive all around.