On 6 Feb 2005, at 00:27, Dave Edwards wrote:
You state: "The source estimated 80 percent of Microsoft employees have a music player -- that translates to 16,000 iPod users among the 25,000 who work at or near Microsoft's corporate campus".
Elementary arithmetic tells me that 16,000 out of 25,000 is 64%. Or - 80% of 25,000 is 20,000. Or - if 16,000 is 80% of the Microsoft workforce - the total number of employees would be 20,000.
the article actually states that 80% of the 25,000 employees have a music player. This is equivalent to 20,000. The article then goes on to say that 80% of these people have ipods. this is equivalent to 16,000 people as wired mentions.
sounds like you got your math wrong dave. -- Mike Karthauser Managing Director - Brightstorm Ltd
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