In other words, 77% of UK adults have lives
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| tuxchick Feb 23, 2010 1:09 AM EDT |
Quoting:Mozilla has found that, according to a survey of 2,000 adults carried out by YouGov, 77% of UK adults don't know about the ballot. This sounds a little weird, like they expected it to be this epic issue that everyone is talking about. |
| chalbersma Feb 23, 2010 2:45 AM EDT |
You'd figure it would be bigger news. After all this may be the first anti-trust order that Microsoft has ever complied with. I'm actually surprised at the lack of "mainstream" news coverage on this issue. |
| r_a_trip Feb 23, 2010 8:53 AM EDT |
Are regular users interested in every minor thing (to them) that MS does, has to do, doesn't or is prohibited to do? To them a PC is a tool that enables them to do stuff and if it works it doesn't need attention. When a new Windows version comes out, they ask their resident geeks if they should upgrade. More then that is ballast. That regular users don't follow or care about antitrust remedies doesn't mean we shouldn't pursue them if warranted or that the regular user doesn't benefit from them. The regular user will automatically be confronted with the new and much needed choice soon enough. |
| bigg Feb 23, 2010 9:41 AM EDT |
I'd expect the number to be closer to 95% or even 99%. If half the public knew about this, it wouldn't be necessary to tell users they have a choice. |
| hkwint Feb 23, 2010 10:54 AM EDT |
Probably they asked: "Do you know the ballot screen arrives this week?" I guess results are: 77% answered: I don't know, and more important, I don't give a **** 7% answered: I already know, but I already run something else than IE so I don't give a ****. 1% answered: I'm not running Windows, so I don't give a ****. 10% answered: I don't understand the question, what's a browser? And moreover, it's computer related so I don't give a ****. 4% (mainly companies) answered: I am locked in by Microsoft IE and cannot run anything else, so I don't give a ****. 1% answered: I only browse with my Phone (the one and only) Microsoft should leave my iPhone alone! I only serve Apple. Conclusion: 99% doesn't give a ****. |
| dinotrac Feb 23, 2010 6:17 PM EDT |
Hans -- Speaking of ballots and thoroughly smashing TOS -- Lots of excitement going on Netherlands way, eh? Government falls over Afghanistan, then Labour says it won't no way no how play nice with Wilders while other parties stare like deer caught in the headlights as they realize that Labour has put them in a position where they can't support Democracy and oppose Wilders, too. And you guys say we're screwed up! |
| Sander_Marechal Feb 24, 2010 1:57 AM EDT |
@Dino, it still beats a two-party system funded by corporate alliances! |
| hkwint Feb 25, 2010 9:00 AM EDT |
Quoting:And you guys say we're screwed up! The US financial system and the dollar are collapsing because the whole US financial / politic system (both are the same ruled by the same people) is corrupt. So yes, that's what we say. But enough TOS violation already. Sander: There's a 3d party against corporate involvement in politics, read about Nader. Almost nobody votes for him however and he's not on TV (no surprise given the media-owners), though his show with Obamagirl was nice (Youtube for it). |
| gus3 Feb 25, 2010 9:15 AM EDT |
Collapse? Corruption? Next thing you know, TxtEdMacs will want his payments in euros or pork-belly futures. |
| jdixon Feb 25, 2010 11:05 AM EDT |
> The US financial system and the dollar are collapsing because the whole US financial / politic system (both are the same ruled by the same people) is corrupt. You say that like you expect it to be news to us Hans. |
| hkwint Feb 25, 2010 12:09 PM EDT |
If people over there knew, citizens and politicians would be excited about it and do something about it.
The fact that they just continue using their credit cards, bonuses at the banks are higher than ever (compared to results) and they accept nobody wants to exchange real value for state bonds shows they don't know or they don't care. When talking about my own country I can tell you people over here don't know how bad the situation (at ING) actually is, far worse than Iceland. Nonetheless, switching lanes is more interesting than the €100.000 ($120,000?) per capita assets - which are convertible to debts I guess - created by our banks. |
| jdixon Feb 25, 2010 12:32 PM EDT |
> ...citizens and politicians would be excited about it and do something about it. Citizens are. Just Google tea party. Politicians? Well, that's another matter. They know which side of their bread is buttered. |
| hkwint Feb 26, 2010 4:05 PM EDT |
Glad to hear, JD. Though I'm not sure the amount of excitement is enough to change anything at this point. I sure hope the 'big collapse' is not going to happen, and if it does it's not the end of the world, but I'm still afraid because last '2008 small collapse' already cost me my job twice. |
| jdixon Feb 26, 2010 9:55 PM EDT |
> Though I'm not sure the amount of excitement is enough to change anything at this point. We'll see Hans. If not, the level of excitement required to actually change things would be something I'd rather not see. The last time we had that level of "excitement" was ~160 years ago, and it left over 600,000 dead. |
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