What users want...

[Aaron C. de Bruyn]

On Friday 04 March 2005 08:56, Harald Hoyer wrote:
> To give you an impression what users want and what maybe qualifies to being
> in Core, if it is FOSS :)
>
> 2004 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners Announced
>
> Distribution of the Year - Slackware (19.36%)

There was an ambulance agency on the west coast that needed to purchase a new 
vehicle.  They wanted to pick a vehicle that was the most 'visible' on the 
road so people would see it and not run into them.  They considered red, 
white, and even lime green vehicles.  To come to a decision, they poured over 
insurance statistics to find out what color ambulance has been in the least 
number of wrecks.
They picked the one color ambulance that had never been involved in an 
accident.

Three weeks ago they took delivery of their brand-new black ambulance.
It was promptly involved in an accident when someone backed into it...at 
night.

Now the statistics can read that 100% of all black ambulances have been 
involved in an accident.

Remember this: There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Slackware just got the 'pity vote' because everyone thought Andrew was going 
to die.  (It's a joke--laugh!)

-- 
Aaron C. de Bruyn
aaron at darkpixel.com