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Re: statistics for types of computers the general public owns
Subject:Re: statistics for types of computers the general public owns From:iain -at- hairydog -dot- co -dot- uk (Iain Harrison) To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Sat, 29 Jan 2000 23:17 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
> > I can't see how you could get the information you need. OK, you may
> > get sales figures, but you're not asking how many computers, you're
> > asking how many people. It almost certainly isn't a 1:1 correlation.
>
> There are companies who spend millions of dollars for research
> statistics who would disagree with you.
You mean that they think I _do_ know where to get the information? Well,
in that case I can assure you that they are 100% wrong about that.
I'm also none too sure that you don't make the point for me: if it takes
millions of dollars for research to get the statistics...
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Iain
iain -at- hairydog -dot- co -dot- uk
iainh -at- cix -dot- co -dot- uk
