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Date:      Sat, 3 Jun 2000 02:44:15 -0500
From:      "Michael C. Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>
To:        Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MS poll
Message-ID:  <20000603024415.A29251@peorth.iteration.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000602213550.27346H-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>; from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee on Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 09:36:25PM %2B0200
References:  <3.0.6.32.20000602105141.008acbd0@mail85.pair.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000602213550.27346H-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>

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On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 09:36:25PM +0200, Narvi scribbled:
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| On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, G. Adam Stanislav wrote:
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| > Just found this site <http://neworder.box.sk/>, which contains a poll on
| > whether Microsoft should be split. Here are the current results:
| >
| > Yes, it will help the computer industry: 12.3%
| > Yes, because Microsoft is evil: 25.1%
| > No, they shouldn't be split: 14.5%
| > No, it doesn't solve anything: 42.4%
| > I don't care about that: 5.8%
| > Total votes: 1404
| >
| > Quite frankly, I'm surprised that the majority (56.9%) voted no.
|
| Look at the total no of votes - doe sthe poll have any relevance?

Since when did online polls have any statistical value?

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