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From: "Brian G. Peterson" <brian@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] SearchSecurity.com: 'Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary'
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:54:50
Message-Id: 200608090942.04172.brian@braverock.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] SearchSecurity.com: 'Linux patch problems: Your distro may vary' by Eilverijus Kondratas
1 On Wednesday 09 August 2006 07:53, Eilverijus Kondratas wrote:
2 > ) I don't think that this calculation can be used for future
3 > planings: " what system will be better". Statisticaly we should
4 > apply "z" or atleast "t" statistics instead of simple average.
5 >
6 > Generaly speaking, calculations given in an article are the simplest
7 > ones tought in primary school. I did not find anything from
8 > advanced statistics according to which the rating could be applied.
9
10 So, perhaps we should request the data-set from the authors and apply some
11 more (re)gressive statistics to the problem.
12
13 Regards,
14
15 - Brian
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