[fab] Re: splash page + tracking image example
Max Spevack
mspevack at redhat.com
Thu Oct 5 15:26:48 UTC 2006
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Josh Boyer wrote:
> No, it's not. DHCP, NAT, proxies, etc. all make "unique" IP addresses a
> horrible metric. In some cases, you get a single IP address for a
> number of different machines. In others, you get two IP addresses for
> the same machine.
That's true, it will not be perfect by any means.
> Yes, counting IP addresses will give you a metric. I just don't think
> that metric is good for much because you still don't know how many
> machines really have Fedora installed. Is it better than nothing? I
> don't know.
It gets you a pile of data, which can be analyzed and from which value can
be extracted.
It's certainly better than having *no data*.
Bottom line -- in th FC6 timeframe, any metric gathering will be
imperfect, and feel like a hack.
So we pick the hack that won't also anger people, and we do it.
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