peter green wrote:
>> It's virtually guaranteed that they know exactly how many systems are 
>> doing that, and adjusting their business plans accordingly.  :-)
>>   
>>     
> What they can't know is
>
> 1: how many machines have their software installed but aren't phoning 
> home because they are on a network which doesn't let them do so.
> 2: how many machines are running linux (which generally doesn't phone 
> home and even where it does it may be to one of many distros).
>
>   
The article says that their "measurement" is done by looking at 
webserver logs to see what the browser is reporting its running on.
its pretty uncommon to "lie" there and you have to say something.
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