Skewed Results
Remember when I said that taking logs from your tiny bit of the internet in an effort to make a point is next to futile? The example being that a blog dedicated to some pretty in-depth technological explanations was enough to extrapolate the usage of Internet Explorer on the entire Internet. How many people that regularly visit such a such would not be aware of alternative web browsers? Zero, maybe? None? They would all, if they understand what that site says, understand that there are different browsers and most likely use something besides Internet Explorer.
This just bolsters my point:
The latest Slashdot poll about Windows. Is anyone honestly surprised that the majority DON'T use Windows? This is like AOL conducting a poll on their home site asking if you use AOL or MSN or some other ISP to get online. Of course the majority is going to be AOL, because they're the only ones who are going to even bother looking at the home site to begin with! Now, if you wanted to take a poll from Yahoo or Google or some site that has absolutely nothing to do with the questions being put to it, then it might carry a little more weight. (Unless, of course, Google asks which search engine you use the most or something similar.) Slashdot asking if you do or don't use Windows is like conducting a poll on Earth and asking if you breathe sulfur to survive. Everyone's going to vote... Can you guess? "No." They're going to vote "no".
My vote on this Slashdot poll, by the way, is among those who would upgrade.
(What? I can't be as avid about Windows as some are about their own favorite operating systems?)