Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!uunet!philmtl!ray From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Ray Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: Top 25 News Submitters by Site by number of articles for the last 2 weeks Message-ID: <1417@philmtl.philips.ca> Date: 14 Aug 90 15:18:01 GMT References: <100506@uunet.UU.NET> <=Z25IZ3@ggpc2.ferranti.com> Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. Product Group PC. Montreal. Lines: 17 In referenced article, peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >> 7 297 549.6 0.4% microsoft.UUCP (Microsoft) >> 12% comp.sys.amiga 11% comp.sys.amiga.tech 11% comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc > >Is this not a somewhat bizzarre result, since so far as I know Microsoft >has no products at all for the Amiga? On the face of it perhaps, but 30 seconds investigation shows it to be not bizarre in any way. These Amiga postings are single 62Kb postings of the "introduction to this newsgroup" type by a single individual at Microsoft. -- Ray Dunn. | UUCP: ray@philmtl.philips.ca Philips Electronics Ltd. | ..!{uunet|philapd|philabs}!philmtl!ray 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext : 2347 (Phonemail) St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | FAX : (514) 744-6455 TLX : 05-824090