[Honest... Gill Bates is the source of this figure! -- Raju] Magic Number: 30 Billion By John C. Dvorak August 4, 2003
So what actually happens when your Windows XP machine crashes and asks if you want to send a report? The reports obviously accumulate in some database, and I can only assume that when one bin piles up with similar crash memos, the coders get to work. Exactly how many notifications does Microsoft get? Nobody knows for sure, but based on comments Bill Gates made at a recent meeting for analysts, the number must be astronomical. Gates said that 5 percent of Windows machines crash, on average, twice daily. Put another way, this means that 10 percent of Windows machines crash every day, or any given machine will crash about three times a month. Since Bill is a math junkie, I have to assume this number is real and based on something other than a phone survey. Those reports seem like the obvious source. Full article at: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1210067,00.asp -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
