notbob wrote:

> On 2006-05-16, Realto Margarino <rm@youasked.org> wrote:
>
>> And that link was a colossal waste of time...

> The author states:
>
> "The time range that I shall consider here is the year 2005 - may
> 2006, but some background on 2004 will also be taken into account."
>
> ....then goes on to claim:
>
> "While Slackware itself remains a pretty unchanged value between the
> 11th and the 15th position..."

You seem to be commenting on a different article to the one I pointed
out, "How DistroWatch ranking is manipulated ?" the *third* article on
the page. which does not mention Slackware once. It also points out
that the smaller more frequently advertised/released distributions gain
an advantage. This fact has been pointed out to those who seem to
regard so-called Market Share' as the 'be all and end all' of quality
and usability, note that most of the distributions promoted by some
using 'Market Share' as judged by Distrowatch ratings, are live CD's
that require little or no configuration.
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