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Posted by: rwrannells
Date posted: Thu Jun 19 6:38:31 PDT 1997

I'll preface this with the fact that I have never used OS/2 nor do I any stake in OS/2.

Now on to my point:
I'll put everything else aside, if you would please explain the reporting anomolies. I'll give you the benefit of the dought on all other problems for now. Explain why the four way statistical tie in the overall category was not reported and why every other category has at least on item reported on it that is below the statistical thresh hold. These are problems with the reporting of the results. This doesn't deal with generating a sample, creating the questions and categories or taking the poll. My question comes down to why are the results so improperly reported.

ASIDE:
The problem that I feel most people are having is that the reporting is so blatently skewed to favor NT. Navigator clearly wins in the overall category and NT client is a distant second. You then through out Navigator with an editorial comment to make it appear that NT has won the overall category, even though its in a statistical tie with every other item on the list except Navigator. Everyone in the industry knows the amount of money MS spends on advertising and the use there ad dollars to influence editorial content. Your skewed reporting appears to be an attempt to apease MS. Please explain your reporting methods.


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