Here are the results of the Linux India survey that was conducted
a week ago. The participation in the survey was dismal.
Number of responses: 50
Age
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Mean 27.43
Median 25
Mode 21
Min 17
Max 61
Comments: God. I feel so old now. Once upon a time I was always younger than
the mean and median of age distributions. ;-)
Profession
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Student 14 (28%)
Software 12 (24%)
Consultant 6 (12%)
Exocore ;-) 3 ( 6%)
Freelancer 2 ( 4%)
Hardware 2 ( 4%)
Other 11 (22%)
Comments: No surprises here. The list has a sizable student population. Those
of us that work are mainly in the software field. Quite a few of us are also
self-employed / consultants / freelancers.
Years of Linux Experience
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Mean 2.76
Median 2
Mode 1
Min 0
Max 9
Comments: I don't know about the 'Max'. Looks like most of the list has a
decent amount exposure to Linux.
Level of Linux Experience
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Beginner 8 (16%)
Intermediate 35 (70%)
Guru in trainin 6 (12%)
Linus 1 ( 2%)
Comments: Many in the list seem to hesitate to rate themselves highly. After
all, modesty is a virtue.
Level of participation in list
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Lurker 15 (30%)
Post infrequenetly 25 (50%)
Post quite often 7 (14%)
Post everyday 3 ( 6%)
Comments: This the most disturbing statistic. Only 20% of the list seems to
participate with any regularity. Perhaps this is because of the sheer amount of
traffic in the list.
City
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Bangalore 16 (32%)
Chennai 6 (12%)
Mumbai 5 (10%)
New Delhi 4 ( 8%)
SF Bay Area ;-) 2 ( 4%)
Others 17 (34%)
Comments: No surprises with Bangalore. Chennai coming in second is a surprise.
Perhaps it just has more conscientious subscribers who took the time to fill out
the survey. A third of the list is from small cities. That is a good thing.
--
"If there were any justice, my face would be on a bunch of crappy
merchandise" -- Homer J. Simpson
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